With too few selter beds for the homeless families that need them–and under a court order to do something about it–the City may give cash to families that move out…
As city budget discussions start to heat up, the New York City Independent Budget Office has released a how-to for understanding the mechanics behind the city’s finances.
Using a newly discovered legal weapon, lawyers for a handful of Gristedes delivery workers who were laid off in October soon after testifying against their boss, won their clients back…
The state has put on hold a debit card system that would have significantly restricted the buying options of welfare recipients in New York’s new Safety Net program.
Some of the more than 93,000 households who’ve received emergency Medicaid since September 11 are scheduled to lose their benefits on February 1 unless the Pataki administration devises a transition…
State legislators have slashed in half the funds they plan to dole out to New York’s thousands of human service organizations this year, leaving those groups scrambling to figure out…
Before Freddy, there was another force behind the South Bronx’s rebirth: community group Banana Kelly. Now, after a management meltdown, the group will have to save itself–and make peace with…
The Times Square Hotel is a story of succesful evolution, going from a hazardous horror show to a model for supporting the formerly homeless. But it may remain the exception,…
