Education ACS NEEDS A “NEW-MAN”: CHILD CARE COMMISH QUITS Already struggling with tight budgets and policy shifts, the Administration for Children’s Services loses Deputy Commissioner Harvey Newman.
Government NO COMPLIANCE It will take at least another year before city schools even have a plan to comply with a years’ old state mandate for teaching sexual health.
Economy PROMISES, PROMISES The White House is about 1.6 million short on the number of jobs its tax cut was supposed to stimulate by year’s end.
Government GANGING UP ON A GRINCH: TENANTS AND WORKERS UNITE An unusual coalition has sprung up to fight mega-landlord Fred Ohebshalom.
Economy GOOD COMPANY Fast Company magazine is adding to the year-in-review mania with one that’s actually interesting: the top 20 social entrepreneurs of 2003.
Economy NO SILVER LINING Sure, the nation’s picking up more jobs these days, but they’re not as good as the ones it lost.
Economy NOT SO CHARITABLE Donations from the private sector to the country’s 400 largest nonprofits fell in 2002 for the first time in five years.
Economy RETAIL SUCKS Full-time retail workers in New York City are making less than they were a decade ago and are largely dependent upon public assistance.
Economy PUSHY POLS Harlem city council candidate claims he was strong-armed by a public official during his campaign.
Economy BAD FOR BUSINESS It’s not easy being a small manufacturer in New York City. Now a pending federal budget cut could make it even tougher.
