Tenant organizations and a group of companies linked to a key real-estate operator were back in court last week arguing over the aftermath of a 2005 defamation lawsuit.
A new toll proposal reflects transit truths: Many drivers have few transit options, many subway lines couldn’t handle large numbers of drivers who gave up their cars, and toll revenue…
Frustrated with the deadlock in Washington over immigration reform, young immigrant activists are starting to distance themselves from the core goals of the DREAMer movement.
In response to an inquiry by City Limits, the Congressman says he did not endorse a court ruling that threw 200,000 Haitians in the DR into immigration limbo.
Defendants in New York don’t get to see all the evidence against them. After several wrongful convictions, pressure is building to follow the Lone Star’s lead and fix the system.
One aspect of the hospital crisis is that city hospitals exist not just to treat illness, but to protect vulnerable people from violence, homelessness and other threats.
The Close to Home initiative was supposed to move detained kids to less restrictive settings and improve their ability to complete their education. That hasn’t happened.
For six years, the lowest paid human-service workers in New York State have not had a cost of living adjustment, meaning their real wages have shrunk by nearly 12 percent.…
