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The details are in, and New York City will get only a small percentage of the money for a wide variety of projects funded by the state’s environmental bond.

ByKemba Johnson 0Comments

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Feb 1998

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SHELLY’S POSSE GETS THE DROP ON GOP IN TEEN THUG SHOWDOWN

Politics is behind the get-it-done-quick juvenile justice rehaul being planned in Albany these days.

ByGlenn Thrush 0Comments

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Jan 1998

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SNUBBING AWAY IN MARGARITA-VILLE

Despite her two decades of experience with low-income housing, new Council member and political outsider Margarita Lopez has been left off the Housing and Buildings Committee.

ByAndres Gleic 0Comments

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Jan 1998

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LOPEZ NEEDS THE HOUSING DOUGH

Albany pol Vito Lopez lays out how he would more than double the state’s budget on housing.

ByGlenn Thrush 0Comments

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Sep 1997

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LOISAIDA'S LOPEZ WINS TIGHT COUNCIL RACE ON TENANT ISSUES

Tenant organizer Margarita Lopez won the Democratic primary for a City Council seat in part because of aggresive registration in the Lower East Side’s housing projects.

BySteven Wishnia 0Comments

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Sep 1997

Government

A PRIMARY PRIMER: CITY COUNCIL RACES TO WATCH ON SEPT. 9

A rundown of some political horse races in next week’s Democratic primary.

ByGlenn Thrush 0Comments

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Jul 1997

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TENANT GROUPS PLOT LAWSUIT CHALLENGE TO NEW RENT LAW

A lawsuit against the new rent regs is likely to be filed in the fall, targeting two new provisions in the laws governing Housing Court.

ByAlexandra Felton and Glenn Thrush 0Comments

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Jun 1997

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BUG PESTERS NONPROFITS?

Nonprofits that have recieved grants from the Brooklyn Union Gas Company are finding that the money comes with a strong-arm request to endorse the utility’s proposed merger.

ByGlenn Thrush 0Comments

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Apr 1997

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COMMISH: CITY MAY TEST REALITY OF WELFARE-TO-WORK

Mayor Giuliani boasts about how well the city’s workfare system works. Now, for the first time, the city might keep track of how well participants fare.