Justice THE CASE AGAINST CASA: VOLUNTEERS CALLED RACIST Controversial new study finds that advocates favor white children and may be too quick to recommend foster care.
Education BACK TO JAMAICA: NYC TEACHERS SENT PACKING City pols and advocates team up to save the jobs of 100 teachers recruited from the Caribbean.
Government A Clean Start He’s zapped tuberculosis and stamped out smoking. Now Tom Frieden wants to take on AIDS. But can New York’s haughty health commissioner convince Queens its neighborhoods need clean needles?
Housing and Homelessness HOUSING MINUS POLITICS Public Advocate seeks middle ground with new affordability study.
Health Uncategorized BLOCKING HIV New state study finds dramatic drop in mother-to-infant transmission of virus.
Housing and Homelessness BIG-BUILDING SOLUTION HAS SMALL SUPPORT Planning Commission considers new rules to regulate churches, medical centers and other community facilities.
Economy Housing and Homelessness EXPAND AND CONTRACT Columbia University neighbors contemplate a Community Benefits Agreement that could bring open space, jobs and other perks to the area.