Disabled people would like to work, and a cost-conscious Congress wants them to, too. But for the mentally ill, the experimental Ticket to Work vouchers may well spell social insecurity.
What could New York City’s long-awaited new job training network look like? Look no further than Rochester, where taking care of businesses is job one.
The city’s housing agency promised upwardly mobile buyers Harlem dream homes and a subsidy to make them happen. But in the hands of private builders, plans for chef’s kitchens and…
Where pickets, court claims and horror stories have failed, neighborhood activists are hoping a proposed law will finally put a stop to predatory lending. Banks, however, have no interest in…
Advocates for affordable housing thought they had a deal to reform the city’s Byzantine building code. Then fearful firemen refused to budge-all because of a stairwell.
As the Rent Guidelines Board begins its next round of hearings on rent increases, a group of tenant advocates are pushing to revamp the state rent laws, with the blessing…
Residents of the Willard J. Price houses in Brooklyn cheered when the feds kicked out the negligent owner of their buildings, but nearly a year and a half later, they…
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