Bloomberg’s hiring freeze could not come at a worse time: Just three weeks ago, thousands of city employees took the city up on its lucrative early retirement offer.
While the Bloomberg administration awaits a verdict on whether it can temporarily ban from the shelter system homeless families who fail to actively seek permanent housing, the mayor’s attorneys last…
New York City’s garbage wars have been fought over who bears the biggest burden within the five boroughs. But the Pennsylvania towns that are a final resting place for our…
As the commission charged with redrawing the City Council district lines prepares to release its proposal this Friday, some of the city’s largest minority groups are poised to fight for…
Despite promises to convene a task force to explore what life after community school boards should look like, the state legislature has yet to do so, and time is running…
New York is now one of only three states to have a strict law against predatory lenders, thanks to legislation signed by Governor Pataki last week. Whether New York City…
After nearly two years without a contract, teachers and support staff at hundreds of city-funded day care centers say they are poised to strike if City Hall doesn’t move soon,…