September 11th (9/11)
CASH POOR GROUPS WAIT FOR CITY TO START FLOWING
Jill Grossman |
Facing a severe drop in donations after September 11th, some nonprofits are barely hanging on as they wait for the city to resume paying on its contracts.
Bronx
PARTY HITS SNAGS WITHOUT LABOR
Jill Grossman |
The Working Families Party was determined to make its mark in this year’s primary election. But on an election day delayed two weeks by the World Trade Center disaster, it ended up with both well-earned victories and some stinging losses, with contenders relying heavily on labor support having the hardest time.
Homelessness
911, A FOOD EMERGENCY: SOUP KITCHENS ARE FLOODED
Matt Pacenza |
Since September 11, attendance at soup kitchens has jumped exponentially, a clear sign that workers one or two degrees removed from the Twin Towers are suffering blows from the collapse.
Manhattan
NO STATE AID YET FOR BUDGET VICTIMS
Matt Pacenza |
Albany hasn’t yet revoked the “bare bones” budget from last July, and New York State’s social service agencies are getting closer to slashing services and laying off staff.
City Hall
THIS WEEK'S GLOBAL POLITICS
Annia Ciezadlo |
With the city’s attention focused on the terrorist attacks, and with some South Asian and Arab immigrants still reeling from bias attacks waged against them over the last two weeks, City Council candidates fear their hopes of becoming the first person from their countries to be elected to public office in the United States will be dashed tomorrow, primary day.
September 11th (9/11)
DRIVEN TO DESPAIR
Annia Ciezadlo |
While financial aid pours in to help workers whose jobs were based inside the Twin Towers, businesses one degree removed from the Trade Center are suffering alone: Last week, the limo business took a nose dive, and the drivers wonder how they will survive.
September 11th (9/11)
HARD AT WORK: STATE GIVES UNEMPLOYED SOME EXTRA HELP
Annia Ciezadlo |
To assist workers displaced by the World Trade Center collapse, the state Department of Labor has re-opened walk-in unemployment centers and applied for federal dollars to create jobs for the newly unemployed at Ground Zero.
Neighborhoods
FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS
Dan Hendrick |
Far from the World Trade Center in every sense of the term, Queen’s Guyanese community still felt the shock.
Bronx
DISPATCHES FROM DOWNTOWN
Maura McDermott |
The community development divisions of four financial institutions in or close to the World Trade Center appear to have made it through the blast unscathed.
Bronx
FINNICKY PHONE LINES LEAVE SOME ON WELFARE STRANDED
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Many automated teller machines have been down since last Tuesday’s disaster, leaving those who use food stamps unable to access their benefits.
