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A shortage of judges means some children and their families spend years in the system, exacerbating whatever problems brought them there in the first place.

ByDawn Post 0Comments

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Mar 2014

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

NYC's Silent Infrastructure Challenge: Aging Public Buildings

When New Yorkers think about aging infrastructure, bridges, roads and pipes come to mind. But schools, hospitals, jails and other public buildings aren’t getting any younger, either.

ByAdam Forman 0Comments

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Mar 2014

Education

Library Budget Hearing, Beyond the Galante Controversy

Read key briefing material on the financial situation confronting the city’s research and branch libraries.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2014

Economy Government In Depth Justice Opinion

Budget Must Address Low Wages of Social Service Workers

For six years, the lowest paid human-service workers in New York State have not had a cost of living adjustment, meaning their real wages have shrunk by nearly 12 percent.…

ByJeff Foreman 1Comment

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Feb 2014

Education

Libraries Look to Life Beyond the Budget Dance

A baselined budget doesn’t mean there aren’t big challenges for the city’s three systems.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Feb 2014

Uncategorized

Brownsville Board Says Home Runs Threaten Motorists

The local community board wants a higher fence at the Brownsville Rec Center to prevent softballs from striking cars on Linden Boulevard. But the center has a long list of…

ByMakini Brice 0Comments

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Dec 2013

Uncategorized

EPA Wants Site on Brooklyn-Queens Border in Superfund

The Wolff-Alpert Chemical Company imported sand containing thorium from the Belgian Congo in the 1940s. Now the feds believe lingering radioactivity warrant making the former factory the third active New…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2013

Economy Government Justice

MWBE Programs Face Court Scrutiny

Cities and states that want to diversify their contractor pool have to prove that genuine disparities exist. Part of our series on New York’s M/WBE initiative.

ByAdam Wisnieski 0Comments

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Dec 2013

Economy Government Justice

NYC's MWBE Push: Cracking Down, Looking Ahead

As local law enforcement follows the feds’ lead in going after city contractors that fake working with minority- and women-owned firms, the future of the MWBE program is in a…

ByAdam Wisnieski 1Comment

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Dec 2013

Economy Government Justice

Minority Contractors Face Hurdles, Flaws in Law

In the city’s effort to diversify city contracting, the administration is limited by procurement rules, MWBE firms by their small size and the law itself by the fuzzy process behind…

ByAdam Wisnieski 0Comments

Custody Battle Delays Mean Kids Grow Up in Family Court

NYC's Silent Infrastructure Challenge: Aging Public Buildings

Library Budget Hearing, Beyond the Galante Controversy

Budget Must Address Low Wages of Social Service Workers

Libraries Look to Life Beyond the Budget Dance

Brownsville Board Says Home Runs Threaten Motorists

EPA Wants Site on Brooklyn-Queens Border in Superfund

MWBE Programs Face Court Scrutiny

NYC's MWBE Push: Cracking Down, Looking Ahead

Minority Contractors Face Hurdles, Flaws in Law

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