Bronx
From Bellevue To Bklyn: Homeless Center To Move
Tram Whitehurst |
Critics pan a plan to close the city’s main intake center for homeless men and lease it to developers.
Manhattan
COURT ADJOURNED FOR VETERAN ADVOCATE
Tram Whitehurst |
As he left for Africa, tenant educator Joe Lamport reflected on past victories, new challenges and issues still facing the city’s housing court.
Bronx
Fearing Closures, Union Advances Day Care Plan
Tram Whitehurst |
Day care workers and their representatives say: Here’s a way to address problems with no threat to day care centers or the families who use them.
ARTS and CULTURE
Bronx Newspaper Project Gives Teenagers New Voice
Tram Whitehurst |
A community media group spins off a new supplement written by youth — with stories to interest all ages.
Bronx
A Group Portrait Emerges Of the Young and Homeless
Tram Whitehurst |
A survey of homeless youth yields the first new estimate of this population in more than two decades.
Brooklyn
Spitzer's Housing Fund Advances With Paterson
Tram Whitehurst |
It could end up smaller than first anticipated, but a new source of money for affordable housing statewide is making progress in Albany.
Health and Environment
Debating How To Police A Challenging Population
Tram Whitehurst |
Several mentally ill residents recently have been killed in interactions with the NYPD. A panel of experts says the city can act to avoid these tragedies.
Bronx
Funding To Follow Kids At Public Daycare Centers
Tram Whitehurst |
The day care workers’ union and some centers are worried that services won’t survive a leaner funding model.
Economy
Big Nonprofit Insurers Seek To Go For-Profit
Tram Whitehurst |
Higher rates for healthcare – and the city – are feared if HIP and GHI drop their nonprofit status.
Welfare
Optimistic In '08 About Extending Medicaid
Tram Whitehurst |
Despite a state deficit, Medicaid advocates think there’s room to do more with the program.
