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As tabloids celebrate an on-time state budget, a look at what one budget cut at the city level will mean: fewer childcare slots, less school prep for kids and a…

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Feb 2011

Economy Government In Depth

Living Wage Law The Next Council Battleground?

Following the defeat of paid sick leave, unions and business group prepare to face off over tying wages to city development subsidies.

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Dec 2010

Government Housing and Homelessness

No Vacancy: Why Empty Condos Aren't Becoming Affordable Housing

Boom-time overbuilding left thousands of units vacant. But a city program to convert them to affordable housing has found the market uncooperative.

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Dec 2010

Economy Government Justice

The Strip

“If you’re the manager of a chain, a clean sidewalk doesn’t change the numbers on the register.”

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Diagnosing A Defeat: Why The Sick Leave Bill Failed

A measure to ensure all workers have paid sick leave had enough votes to pass the City Council. So why did Speaker Quinn kill it?

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Student Safety Act Passes City Council

Third time’s the charm for the bill, which requires detailed reporting on school crime, arrests, suspensions and expulsions.

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Oct 2010

Housing and Homelessness

HPD Commish 'Shocked' At Buildings In Multimillion-Dollar Deal

The city is cracking down on the owners of Bronx properties at the center of citywide concerns about what will happen to apartment buildings scarred by foreclosure.

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Sep 2010

Housing and Homelessness

10 Foreclosed Buildings. One Mystery Buyer. $19M In Problems.

As an unnamed buyer closes in on 10 Bronx buildings that fell into foreclosure after an overleveraged private-equity deal, an assessment says they need at least $19 million in repairs.

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Sep 2010

Economy Government Investigations

Years Pass, But Question Remains: Is NYC Denying Welfare?

The benefits rolls are far smaller and the mayor is quite different, but the debate over welfare in New York still revolves around whether eligible applicants are being turned away.

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Aug 2010

Housing and Homelessness

Pols Warn Foreclosed Buildings' Mystery Buyer

Tenants and elected officials are suspicious of the unnamed buyer eyeing 10 distressed Bronx buildings, but the city’s housing chief wants to give the new owner a chance.

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What Cuts Will Cost: Children's Learning, Parents' Work

Living Wage Law The Next Council Battleground?

No Vacancy: Why Empty Condos Aren't Becoming Affordable Housing

The Strip

Diagnosing A Defeat: Why The Sick Leave Bill Failed

Student Safety Act Passes City Council

HPD Commish 'Shocked' At Buildings In Multimillion-Dollar Deal

10 Foreclosed Buildings. One Mystery Buyer. $19M In Problems.

Years Pass, But Question Remains: Is NYC Denying Welfare?

Pols Warn Foreclosed Buildings' Mystery Buyer

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