Uncategorized BIG STINK, SMALL PARTICLES: DEC RULES QUESTIONED Environmentalists say the state’s plan to regulate air pollution won’t get the job done.
Uncategorized BRONX WATERFRONT The Bronx BP’s multi-sector task force unvieled its proposal for waterfront development, focusing on mixed use.
Uncategorized HOME LABOR The AFL-CIO will invest $400 million over the next year in building multi-family housing units.
Uncategorized OFF THE CHARTER The Charter Commission passed on the chance to deal with the city’s perennial late payments to nonprofit contractors.
Uncategorized EITC REVISIONS The IRS has dropped key parts of its controversial proposal to force people claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit to pre-certify.
Uncategorized THE FINAL COUNTDOWN: FROM RENT REGS TO THE ROCK Tenant laws, brownfields, Rockefeller laws and child welfare reform vie for Albany approval.
Uncategorized MITCHELL-LAMA DRAMA The 894 tenants of Phipps Plaza West apartments are suing their landlord to stop him from buying out of the Mitchell-Lama program.
Uncategorized AMERICORPS' TROUBLES Local AmeriCorps grantees this week joined a frantic national campaign to prevent millions of dollars in funding cuts for the program.
Uncategorized BYPASSING THE BASICS Nineteen out of 29 bank branches in a recent survey failed to promote the affordable “basic banking” accounts mandated by state law.
Uncategorized MISSING MOMS Fewer than 2,000 of the estimated 20,000 mothers under 21-years-old who haven’t finished high school are accessing city aid.