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Pedro Espada, the Bronx senator at the center of last year’s leadership battle in Albany, has been sued for allegedly looting a nonprofit he helped run. Read the attorney general’s…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2010

City Won't Vouch For Them: No Solution For Unhoused

More than 2,000 needy New Yorkers received coveted Section 8 vouchers for major rental assistance. Then the vouchers were withdrawn – and housing officials have little else to say about…

ByEileen Markey 0Comments

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Jan 2010

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

City Won't Vouch For Them: No Solution For Unhoused

More than 2,000 needy New Yorkers received coveted Section 8 vouchers for major rental assistance. Then the vouchers were withdrawn – and housing officials have little else to say about…

ByEileen Markey 0Comments

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Dec 2009

Government Housing and Homelessness

Across The Fence: The Year In Neighborhoods

A survey of community press stories fills in the colorful portrait of the year that was.

ByAbigail Kramer 0Comments

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Dec 2009

Government

Paths Diverge Post-Default For Decaying Bx Buildings

Among tenants of a notorious group of properties, some are now eager for the help of a new owner, while desperation drives others to pursue novel activist tactics.

ByKim Velsey 0Comments

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Oct 2009

Government Housing and Homelessness

Behind A Stolid Facade, The Whole Nation's Crisis

The recent transfers of one building in Bushwick occurred without heed to any notions of fiscal responsibility. Yet its residents live in the real world, where caretaking and stability are…

ByJoe Walker 0Comments

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Oct 2009

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

Scandal Leaves Lack Of Service In Its Wake

Its reputation suffering, ACORN is hampered from delivering needed counseling to lower-income New Yorkers – and it’s not clear who will pick up the slack.

ByEileen Markey 0Comments

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Sep 2009

Government

City Wants Answers, Input On Upstate Drill Plan

A huge underground reserve of natural gas is luring fuel companies to upstate New York. But local officials and advocates are worried about what the drilling will do to the…

BySarah Crean 0Comments

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Sep 2009

Government Investigations

City Pension Plans: Can They Do Good and Do Well?

The city’s retirement funds offer a powerful tool for social activism. A look at how Comptroller Bill Thompson and his would-be successors approach the task of putting city money where…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Aug 2009

Education Government