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Wretched Refuge

When asylum-seekers go through customs at JFK airport, they expect to receive special attention from U.S. immigration officials. They get it–in the form of illegal detention and other mistreatment.

OPEN TO INTERPRETATION

As public advocates and political operatives ramp up for the 2004 presidential race, a fierce debate continues to rage at the Federal Elections Commission (FEC).

WORK IT!

The city’s Department of Youth and Community Development issues a new plan for summer youth jobs.

Betting on a Green Building Boom

New York is poised to host a wave of environmentally sound construction. But if you want a blueprint, don’t look to the city’s new building code–industry activists are working to…

Psychiatric Wards

Unlicensed psychiatric homes operate in the far-out corners of the city and below the radar of the state agencies charged to regulate them. Some are dirty and dangerous, others exemplary–and…

The Big Idea: Home Remedy

New York’s Medicaid program is breaking the state budget, and rising costs of prescription drugs are a major reason why. But we may have the power to buy our way…

Who Shapes New York

Community groups love to hate the Board of Standards and Appeals, which lets developers tweak zoning rules. But as they work to stop the machine, opponents may find that property…

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