Public advocate downsizes foster care watchdog

EITC Changes Scaled Back

Sixteen months after the Brad H. settlement mandated better care, Rikers Island monitors report that compliance is still uneven at best.

As Section 8 shrinks, can the Housing Authority help families move up and out?

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).

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.