As with any election, our local contests had clear winners–including some local issues and groups that got an unexpected boost from last Tuesday’s returns.
After decades of protesting sweatshop conditions, a Chinatown activist stands up for a garment factory owner for the first time for the sake of saving jobs in an industry suffering…
A federal nutrition program may soon have to start turning away low-income women and children for the first time in six years due to budgeting shortfalls.
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.
By changing the way it funds housing for the homeless, the Pataki administration may soon favor bigger developments built by bigger developers, a switch some longtime service providers fear could…
The city’s fancy new computer system for child care payments meant late checks and lost paperwork in Staten Island last fall. Now it’s due to hit the rest of the…
Women and children who flee from domestic violence need a safe place to stay. But more and more of these especially vulnerable families are ending up in regular homeless shelters.
