Citywide
Eternal Wanderer
Wendy Davis |
In November, City Limits readers were introduced to Caryn, a 16-year-old living in a city-run East New York group home. Her murder in April ended a life lived on the run.
Family Court
WITH NO VACANCIES, CITY THROWS GROUP HOME TEENS IN JAIL
Wendy Davis |
Teenage girls appearing in Family Court are being rerouted from a group home to maximum-security jails, and the judges aren’t too happy about it.
Family Court
Code Blues
Wendy Davis |
Slum landlords can rest easy. The corps of city lawyers that defends tenants against code violations has been slashed from 45 attorneys to 18 in the last four years.
HOUSING DEPARTMENT YIELDS TO LEGAL TEMP-TATION
Wendy Davis |
With staffing cut to the bone, the city’s housing department has brought in a handful of new lawyers to help for a few months.
Staten Island
Nobody's Homes
Wendy Davis |
Every night, teenage girls at a city group home in East New York can be found on the street smoking pot, drinking liquor and disappearing into the night with strangers. The city’s child welfare agency is failing to nurture, protect or even supervise kids in its care.
