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Not Quite Fed Up

City Limits | December 1, 1998

This year’s budget yielded a $70 billion surplus, but only a few new dollars for New York City’s underfunded social service, education and environmental sectors.

Jason's Brain Trust

Carl Vogel and Neil deMause | December 1, 1998

When Jason Turner was hired to revamp New York City’s welfare system, he brought his ideological convictions and those of his closest advisors with him.

NO NEW CUTS IS GOOD NEWS IN FEDERAL BUDGET

City Limits | October 26, 1998

The new federal budget has a few nice new line items for New York City, but the best news might be that few programs were cut.

City Lit: They Were Kings

Glenn Thrush | April 1, 1998

A book review of Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65, by Taylor Branch, Simon & Schuster, 1998, 746 pages, $30.

The Adventures of LiberAL

Glenn Thrush | March 1, 1998

Faster than a speeding bullet, Al D’Amato is making new friends. Among liberals. But this is no secret identity crisis: it’s reelection time.

City Lit: Boomerpang

City Limits | February 1, 1997

A book review of The Scapegoat Generation: America War on Adolescents, by Mike A. Males, Common Courage Press, Monroe, Maine, 1996, 329 pages, $17.95.

Rudy Giuliani begged the Clinton administration to fulfill a $48 million promise to the New York City Housing Authority. HUD agreed, but there were strings attached–wrecking balls, actually. Now, Rockaway tenants are trying to block the destruction of precious apartments.