Not Quite Fed Up

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.

City Lit: Boomerpang

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.

Demolition Derby

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.