Christine Quinn
Mitchell-Lama Drama
Cassi Feldman |
Tenants Balk at Bill
Manhattan
MITCHELL-LAMA DRAMA: CITY BILL DIVIDES A CAMPAIGN
Cassi Feldman |
As City Council members push a bill to save Mitchell-Lama housing, tenants in some of those subsidized developments say the legislation simply detracts from the larger effort to keep the buildings affordable.
Manhattan
IMMIGRANT SCHOOL DUMPS KIDS?
John Tozzi |
Education officials say that the federal No Child Left Behind law mandates the end of an innovative school that helps immigrant young people get settled; electeds fight to keep it open.
Christine Quinn
MAYOR TO KEEP AIDS SERVICES CITY-RUN, EYES REORGANIZATION
Kai Wright |
To the relief of the AIDS community, Mayor Bloomberg agreed not to contract out AIDS services as part of a preliminary budget deal with the Council last week-but his plan to shuffle around oversight of those services continues to keep advocates on edge.
Christine Quinn
LEGAL AIDS
Kai Wright |
In his first significant speech on the city’s AIDS policy, Mayor Bloomberg announced he hopes to dismantle a law that requires the city to provide a certain level of services to people with the virus — and to place those responsibilities in the hands of community organizations instead.
Christine Quinn
FLOATING TARGET
K. Wright |
Chelsea’s elected officials want to sink Target’s plan to dock a store-in-a-boat on the Hudson.
Manhattan
Can We Can Go On?
Jill Grossman |
Just as the city’s new recycling laws start to work against them, some homeless New Yorkers may soon lose another resource: We Can, a unique nonprofit recycling depot in Hell’s Kitchen, is slated to lose its home this week as the city makes way for a mixed-income housing development
Christine Quinn
Down to Business
Annia Ciezadlo |
The new Council is busy with a bevy of activist legislation–but how long will it last?
Manhattan
TENANTS: GIVE US A LIFT
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Tenants on West 19th Street were relieved when their landlord finally decided to fix their oft-broken elevator, but they never expected to be without a lift, and–for elderly residents–without a way out, for more than six weeks.
