According to sources both inside and outside New York’s public housing system, billions of dollars of maintainence are being put off, and the buildings are really showing it.
Governor Pataki and the State Assembly each have their own version of a new state law that will implement tougher federal adoption rules–but either will speed up the current system…
Most advocates are happy the city’s child welfare agency will be placing children in foster care near their homes–but a few are asking what happens to kids with special needs.
Both the Working Families Party and the Green Party exceeded the number of gubernatorial votes needed to automatically appear on state ballots for the next four years.
If Senator Al D’Amato loses the election in September, the new chair of the banking committee will be Phil Gramm, no friend of the Community Reinvestment Act.
