Governor George Pataki loves New York (City), he swears. So why has he spent two terms in office waging economic war on the boroughs? A new report from the Center…
Last week, a team of lawyers for the poor appealed to the feds to stop illegal denial of welfare benefits to the disabled. Their findings shed a harsh light on…
The City Council may have grabbed headlines with their push against predatory lending, but the real action is in Albany, where Joe Bruno and the Republicans have announced they’re backing…
Immigrants in need of unemployment benefits better brush up on their English or Spanish. While the state launched new translation services for applicants a couple of weeks ago, more often…
Developers getting a break from Jersey City have to put up more than buildings: their contracts now require them to cough up cash for an affordable housing fund.
A nonprofit building owner in trouble has tried to skirt losing its properties to the city by selling them to a for-profit realtor first. Some housing law experts say the…
