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Once again, they’re rallying in Brooklyn (and elsewhere) against budget reductions from Washington and City Hall. But after years of austerity, advocates say the annual ritual of protests against proposed…

ByZach Campbell 0Comments

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Mar 2012

Economy Housing and Homelessness

City Probe Uncovered Operator’s Power

After years of complaints about one Bronx real-estate figure, the city housing department issued an unprecedented subpoena. The records it turned up made for interesting reading.

ByCUNY investigative team 2012 0Comments

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Feb 2012

ARTS and CULTURE Justice

Brooklyn Edges: LGBT Youth Relive Life's Drama On Stage

A theater organization has LGBT youth play the roles of people who spurned them, giving the actors a chance to write their own next act.

ByJulie Turkewitz 0Comments

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Jan 2012

Economy Housing and Homelessness

Driving? Fuhgeddabout it! Brooklyn Stats Say Transit Rules

A new report paints the most detailed statistical picture ever of Brooklyn and its 18 community districts, and suggests residents today are less poor, better educated, paying more for housing…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Nov 2011

Government

Privatization's Risks Involve More Than Money

Not only has city spending on outside contractors swelled in the past decade. The role of private firms in developing city policy has expanded. Have accountability and transparency kept pace?

ByAdrienne Day 0Comments

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Oct 2011

Government Justice

Report: Shift in Child Welfare Policy Undermined by Budget Moves

The IBO depicts a profound change at the Administration for Children’s Services, with preventive offerings replacing foster care as the agency’s go-to policy. But questionable budget decisions undercut the impact…

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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Oct 2011

Government Opinion

City Policy, Not Corruption, to Blame for Nonprofit's Woes

The former head of Alianza Dominicana responds to a City Limits story about a dispute between the nonprofit’s workers and administrators.

ByMoises Perez 0Comments

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Sep 2011

Education

Workers, Kids Suffer in Corruption Probe's Aftermath

One of northern Manhattan’s largest non-profit organizations, only last year the focus of a city investigation into corruption allegations, now faces a fresh crisis – one that threatens to disrupt…

ByCharu Sudan Kasturi 0Comments

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Aug 2011

News Uncategorized

New Child Welfare Head Faces Mountain of Challenges

Ronald Richter just got what the mayor calls a “thankless” job—running the Administration for Children’s Services. We asked ACS’s sometime allies and frequent critics in the advocacy world what Richter’s…

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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Aug 2011

Government Justice

Concerns Persist Over Child Welfare Cases Involving Mental Health

As many as one in five child welfare cases involves a parent with a mental health diagnosis, creating challenges for parents, children and caseworkers. Advocates say efforts to address those…

ByKelly Virella 0Comments

Advocates: '12 Budget Dance Has Heavier Beat