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NYCHA Propels New Development Process

When one of the city’s biggest landowners starts selling land to raise money, the public review process for new development matters.

Justice

Now That Caseworker Ratio Is Good, Cut the Budget

Amid citywide reductions, ACS tries to hang onto internal progress toward child protection and a revamped foster care framework.

Economy Housing and Homelessness

Budget Backfire: Cuts On the Needy Won't Help

A raft of painful funding reductions is not the best way out of the state’s budget crisis.

Economy

Language Companies Shut By New Dept. of Ed Policy

Small businesses in the boroughs won’t survive under new textbook purchasing rules.

Justice

Born Outside the U.S. And Keen To Cast A Vote

Not only did immigrants demonstrate their voting power this year, they’re organizing for greater muscle in future elections.

Economy

Impact Unknown: The CEO's Poverty-Fighting Efforts

At the first hearing on the city’s much-touted group of programs, the administration’s message was: Ask again later.

Government

Still Speaking Italian Half A Century Later

Immigrants from Mexico and Haiti may be newer to New York City — but many emigre Italians continue to speak their mother tongue exclusively.

Education Housing and Homelessness

Among Heartland Homages, Pols Address Urban Issues

The presidential candidates have staked out very different positions on housing, schools, crime, infrastructure and other issues key to urban America.

Health Uncategorized

HIV Prevention, Treatment Hit By Local Funding Cuts

Numbers showing the city’s AIDS epidemic rages on worse than thought arrived in tandem with state cuts for AIDS-fighting measures. In a climate with plenty of needs and ever fewer…

Economy Education Housing and Homelessness

State Senate Power May Hinge On Queens Contests

Democrats’ hopes to take control of the legislature’s upper house — in 2008 and potentially for decades beyond — hangs in the balance of three races in the city.

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