Uncategorized MALIBU MAKEOVER: HOMELESS CLIENTS OUSTED FROM WEST SIDE HOTEL For years, the city has paid the Malibu Hotel to shelter HIV-positive clients. Now the Malibu is ending its contract, leaving tenants scrambling to find new housing.
Uncategorized CHILD WELFARE WATCHDOG State Assembly passes bill that would create an Office of the Child Advocate to monitor kids in foster care and juvenile justice systems.
Uncategorized HUNGRY FOR MORE City Council passes legislation to ease food stamp application; city unveils borough-wide hunger task forces.
Uncategorized TENANTS EMPOWERED Renters gain “right of first refusal” to purchase subsidized apartment buildings.
Uncategorized CHILD CARE WITH STRINGS: STATE SEEKS TO LIMIT BENEFIT New regulation would force families seeking low-cost child care to pursue court-ordered child support.
Uncategorized GRAY FRAY: SENIORS DEFEND BUSHWICK COMMUNITY CENTER City’s plan to transfer control of venerable institution to new organization sparks conflict.
Uncategorized Bloomberg: The People's Mayor? If being an improvement from the Giuliani era were the only criteria, Michael Bloomberg would have been anointed the People’s Mayor a long time ago.