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This holiday season, more than 200,000 letters from poor New Yorkers will plead with Santa Claus for toys, clothes, even school supplies. But how many will get what they wish…

ByDebbie Nathan 0Comments

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Oct 2003

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Record Time

Videotaping criminal interrogations helps some police forces prevent false confessions. But New York brass are holding out against it, even as detectives rack up a string of bogus cases.

ByCurtis Stephen 0Comments

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Oct 2003

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Busted Out

The D.A.’s Narcotics Eviction Program helps landlords evict drug dealers from apartment buildings. It’s been enormously successful. It also kicks out tenants who’ve done nothing wrong.

ByGeoffrey Gray 0Comments

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Oct 2003

Education

DITCHIN’ CLASS: HUGE SPIKE IN TEACHER RETIREMENT

A surprisingly high number of teachers retired this September, prompting retention and hiring concerns.

ByCassi Feldman 0Comments

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Sep 2003

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NARROWING EXEMPTION

A state appeals court closed the door on landlords seeking to use the “first rent” exemption to rent control laws.

ByK. Wright 0Comments

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Aug 2003

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GERSON'S REMEDY

Councilmember Alan Gerson wants the city to set up an 11-point plan for dealing with residential emergencies.

ByK. Wright 0Comments

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Aug 2003

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Rent Stabilization

Rent subsidies helped revive lower Manhattan’s flagging housing market after 9/11-and helped luxury landlords far more than downtown’s poor.

ByMark Wallace 0Comments

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Aug 2003

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Help Wanted

The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation was given $2.7 billion in federal funds to help New York recover from 9/11. Two years later, it’s failing to relieve the city’s second disaster:…