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The Long Way Home

Access-a-Ride provides the disabled with a pokey, cumbersome way to travel, advocates say. Now they fear the MTA's proposed cuts will make the service virtually useless. Read more »

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    The Long Way Home

    Access-a-Ride provides the disabled with a pokey, cumbersome way to travel, advocates say. Now they fear the MTA's proposed cuts will make the service virtually useless. Read more »

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    Raising the Bar

    Now that city graduation rates are at an all-time high, will tougher requirements change that? A teacher suggests how to help students finish school with a diploma that means something. Read more »

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    Lock Down?

    Upstate prisons with full staffs but few inmates offer a tempting target for budget cutters. For years, political muscle has kept the jails open. Will the fiscal crunch change that? Read more »

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Tourist Spot

Upper West Side apartment buildings lure budget-minded travelers from around the world. The visitors boost landlord profits, but many low-income tenants feel threatened. Read more »

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Closing Day

March 15, 2010 — To close a gaping budget hole, the Bloomberg administration is proposing to shutter 16 day care centers, many in gentrified areas. But the centers aren't going without a fight.

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Towering Debt

March 10, 2010 — The capital budget has almost doubled during Bloomberg's tenure. Budget experts now wonder whether that was such a smart investment.

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Eye on Albany

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Lock Down?

March 17, 2010 — Upstate prisons with full staffs but a dwindling number of inmates offer a tempting target for budget cutters. For years, political muscle has kept the jails open. Will the fiscal crunch change that?

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Monserrate's New Face

March 12, 2010 — To win back his old job, the former state senator, expelled from office after a domestic violence dispute, is campaigning as a defender of family values.

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