As a state Supreme Court judge deliberates the city’s request to temporarily take homeless children away from parents who take too long to find apartments, child welfare advocates brace themselves…
As the city’s Department of Homeless Services struggles to house the record number of homeless families it sees each day, several of the agency’s managers and social workers plan to…
After years of pushing for the construction of a few new schools in the long-unused Kingsbridge Armory–with little response from the mayor’s office–some Bronx residents recently got their first sign…
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…
For the first time in 14 years, Albany officials have proposed boosting housing assistance for New Yorkers on welfare. But the new deal still may not be enough to pay…
The City Council is pushing for legislation to protect battered women at home and work, but the Bloomberg administration insists these bills will only make matters worse.
The city is looking to replace the 30-year manager of a family shelter in Brooklyn after a series of audits questioned its financial and property management practices.
One of the city’s largest service groups for homeless New Yorkers plans to relocate its headquarters downtown, and local residents and a business advocacy group say the move goes against…