Uncategorized VENDING REFORM The Bloomberg administration agrees with Council members who say vendor licensing rules are in dire need of an update.
Uncategorized SUCCESS, FOR NOW The city’s AIDS agency has turned around its record on processing emergency assistance cases.
Uncategorized FOURTH QUARTER UP Welfare caseloads increased in 38 states during the fourth quarter of last year.
Uncategorized MATH'S EASY Large urban school districts are steadily improving test scores, often outpacing the rest of their state.
Uncategorized ADVANCED TRAINING? Only about a third as many people got job training under the Workforce Investment Act as did under its predecessor.
Uncategorized TAX THE BRIDGE Advocates of East River bridge tolls say its daily users make more money than the rest of the city.
Uncategorized APPLICATION APPROVED Regulators have approved HSBC’s purchase of Household International–predatory lending’s poster child.
Uncategorized OVERBURNENED GAO says low pay and high administrative burdens are crippling the nation’s child welfare agencies.
Uncategorized WAITING IN VAIN Despite tens of thousands on the waiting list, 2,000 city-funded daycare slots go unused.
