05 May 2008 Uncategorized Turn On, Tune In, Stay In: Lowering The Dropout Rate From beyond the DOE, advocates offer ideas about how to get more students to graduation. ByHelen Zelon0Comments
05 May 2008 Uncategorized Fearing Closures, Union Advances Day Care Plan Day care workers and their representatives say: Here’s a way to address problems with no threat to day care centers or the families who use them. ByTram Whitehurst0Comments
28 Apr 2008 In Depth City Ordered To Deliver Food Stamps More Quickly Waiting times should decline, at a time when need for food aid is increasing. ByBosede Adenekan0Comments
21 Apr 2008 Economy Government CITY LIMITS INVESTIGATES: Today's Anti-Poverty Fight The mayor’s poverty-reduction initiative offers fresh thinking — and small-scale tinkering. This synopsis of the new issue of CLI examines whether it will deliver promised results. ByJarrett Murphy0Comments
14 Apr 2008 Justice A Matter Of When, Not If: Involving Kids In Court Youth involved in Family Court cases are ready to be seen and heard, not just discussed by others. ByMichelle S. Han0Comments
07 Apr 2008 Justice Immigrant Worries Rise As American Dollar Falls For those sending money to families back home, the dollar’s diminished worth has big impact. By0Comments
07 Apr 2008 Housing and Homelessness How to Say 'HPD' In Yiddish or Yoruba In a polyglot city, public agencies struggle with exactly how multilingual they should be. ByMatt Schwarzfeld0Comments
17 Mar 2008 Uncategorized The City's Latest Hirings and Retirings Plenty of changes in city government’s business offices, at Community Media, the Citizens Budget Commission, Housing Works and more. ByMatt Schwarzfeld0Comments
10 Mar 2008 Economy Justice Inspected and Corrected: New Focus on Nonprofits Providing foster care, drug counseling, senior services and more, groups holding hundreds of millions in city contracts are facing increased scrutiny. ByKaren Loew0Comments
25 Feb 2008 Economy FEWER LOCK-UPS, ENOUGH MONEY? As the state plans to close six juvenile correctional facilities and embrace community-based juvenile justice, some wonder who’ll pay for it. ByMatthew Schwarzfeld0Comments