ARTS and CULTURE HANGING GARDENS A transfer of authority from one city agency to another puts the future of hundreds of community gardens in doubt.
Economy INS AND OUTS: LET'S GET FISCAL, CECE RIDES Comings and goings in the nonprofit and government worlds.
Justice WINCE FOSTER State regulations require the city foster care agency to allow parents and children to build a plan to reunite, but few are afforded the chance.
Government Woe Houses Leaky roofs and shoddy construction have created huge headaches for New York City Housing Partnership homeowners in Brooklyn and the Bronx. Now they’ve started a revolt, and the city may…
Economy BATTLING HEALTH UNIONS BURY THE HATCHET WITH PACT A nurse job-training initiative signals the end of a long-running animosity between two of New York City’s strongest health-care unions.
Government CityLit: In Bed With Ed A review of Sleeping With the Mayor: A True Story, by John Jiler, Hungry Mind Press, 1997, $25.
Housing and Homelessness NYCHA HOW COME YOU CAN NEVER FIND A GOOD ICOP WHEN YOU NEED ONE? Tenant activists says the public housing tenants council is under the thumb of the New York City Housing Authority.
Economy QUEENS LABOR LORD BACKS BAD BOY BEVONA IN BALLOT BATTLE Gus Bevona is fighting a judge’s order that says his side rigged the local’s election, and he has a surprising ally in the battle.
Housing and Homelessness TAX LIEN-TWO Thanks to advocate pressure, the City Council agreed to extend the city’s right to sell distressed housing leins for only two years.
Government New Marshal Plan Flops The new City Marshals’ Handbook has 14 additional sections stressing courtesy, professionalism and respect. Too bad they aren’t enforced.
