Housing and Homelessness
LAWYERS IN LIMBO
Avi Mermelstein |
Could this week bring the third Legal Services strike in a decade? These public interest lawyers have been without a contract since June–and the union’s leadership says it’s looking close.
City Hall
BUILDINGS BLUNDER AT SITE OF MASSIVE QUEENS BLAZE
Sajan P. Kuriakos |
Records show that extensive work was being done without permits at 153-01 Northern Boulevard, where a massive fire erupted several weeks ago.
Bronx
SO LONG, SAL: ALBANESE DROPS OUT OF MAYORAL RACE
Saj P. Kuriakos |
Struggling for cash, Brooklyn’s blue-collar progressive says goodbye to his bid to become mayor in 2001–and New York City veterans mourn the decision.
Manhattan
HOUSING RULE CHANGE FOR DAMP BUILDINGS ALL WET, SAY TENANTS
Annia Ciezadlo |
Alarmed tenants, housing lawyers and City Councilmembers slogged through the rain to a housing agency hearing Tuesday morning to express dismay at proposed rule changes that could allow the city to move tenants anywhere in the city while work is being done on their apartments.
City Hall
MAN AND SUPER-MANTON
City Limits |
A well-orchestrated attack on upstart City Councilman Walter McCaffrey proves the Queens Democratic machine is alive and well.
Manhattan
WELFARE MAVEN EYES SENATE SEAT OF EX-LAX HEIR ROY GOODMAN
Kemba Johnson |
Pithy welfare advocate Liz Krueger throws her hat in the ring against long-term Republican State Senator Roy Goodman on Manhattan’s East Side. The GOP’s Senate majority may lie in the balance.
City Hall
COUNCIL CASH FOR CODE COPS
Kathleen McGowan |
The mayor’s new budget is actually kind to housing, and the City Council might add even more for code enforcement.
Bronx
ILGO QUIETLY: ST. PAT'S PROTESTERS STUCK IN THE CLINK
Sajan P. Kuriakos |
Gay and lesbian St. Pat’s parade protesters discover that these days, civil disobedience is viewed a bit more harshly by New York City’s authorities.
City Hall
CONTRACT KILLERS
K. McGowan and A. Mermelstein |
Nonprofits who do work for the city often have to wait months to get paid. A City Council hearing this morning might change that.
