A Crown Heights church is one of a dozen in the city getting government cash to bring welfare recipients into line. Its minister breaks a Giuliani gag order to speak…
By 2003, private developers will transform a Bronx municipal landfill into a world-class golf course. Now the project’s neighbors are demanding to know what lies beneath Ferry Point Park.
Civil rights champion Norman Siegel wants the public advocate to be the city’s professional rabble-rouser, coordinating demonstrations instead of reports. Did Mark Green have it all wrong?
Caseworkers who can withstand the low pay and high strain of foster care jobs are in short supply. Their bosses can’t afford pay increases, so they’re offering something cheaper: counseling…
Almost 20 years after the “broken windows” theory was first published, the idea that cracking down on small crimes makes cities safer has become gospel. But no one has any…
When young adults outgrow foster care, the city gives them a few words of wisdom and $750. A private mentoring program keeps some out of poverty and homelessness, but will…
In the rush for the city’s lowest performing schools to turn themselves around, one state-certified Bronx high school teacher is battling to get his job back.
One day after advocates for the poor sued the mayor for failing to train welfare recipients for employment, Giuliani strikes back against the pols who backed them up.
The Workforce Investment Act is supposed to help the unemployed and underemployed get on track to solid careers. Now Congress has gouged its budget–and pokey New York may be one…
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