Uncategorized FREEDOM OF SPEECH: EX-OFFENDERS LAUNCH THINK TANK OF THEIR OWN Criminal justice activist Eddie Ellis helps launch groundbreaking policy group.
Uncategorized SAYING GOODBYE TO LAST CHANCE HIGH: CITY SHUTTERS TROUBLED PROGRAM Alternative to Detention schools give judges a way to keep kids out of jail. So what happens now that they’re closing?
Uncategorized LIFESPIRE UNIONIZED After battling with management for months, workers at nonprofit vote to join Local 1000.
Uncategorized TRANS-FORMING HOMELESS SERVICES: NEW POLICY AIMS TO PROTECT CLIENTS Department of Homeless Services will now house transgender shelter residents according to their identity, rather than birth gender.
Uncategorized REMEMBERING JILL CHAIFETZ The city mourns the loss of a fearless watchdog for children.
Uncategorized SEX ED SHOWDOWN: TEACHERS AND ACTIVISTS PRESS DEPT. OF ED Local health advocates say the Department of Education’s new curriculum doesn’t make the grade.
Uncategorized FOOD FOR THOUGHT New study looks at why New Yorkers aren’t getting the food stamps they deserve.
Uncategorized MORTGAGE MOOCH Ameriquest busted for predatory lending and forced to hand over $325 million to former customers nationwide.
Uncategorized TRANSLATION BILL NIXED Mayor Bloomberg vetoes Education Equity Act, a bill aimed at providing better translation services for parents of public school children.
