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Tuesday, June 15, 2004
[Ed. Note - Sorry for the mid-June slack-off here at AngryNYker.com. It isn't that we're any less angry; far from it. Indeed the revolting picture of Albany at the end of a spectacularly do-nothing session in what was once proudly called the Empire State, and is now, perhaps, more accurately dubbed the "Mired State", has made the whistling steam from our ears noticeable blocks away. But just as fish gotta swim, and birds gotta fly, sometimes we have some other business to attend -- after all, unlike the NYS legislature we get things done on time.] Some good news, some bad news... June 15, 2004 New York Outpaces U.S. Economic Growth Read the rest of the article here. And the bad news, but I'd take the following with a large grain of salt, and I'll be Fisking this article shortly. June 14, 2004 Fair-Housing Groups Say New York City Is Falling Behind By DAVID W. CHEN, N.Y. Times http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/14/nyregion/14fair.html?pagewanted=print&position= For decades, New York City was considered a pioneer in the fight for fair housing. It passed the country's first law forbidding discrimination in private housing in 1958. It passed a tough, broader human rights law in 1991 that exceeded federal criteria. It even had one of the first federally financed watchdog groups, the Open Housing Center, to pursue claims of bias, holding real estate brokers and landlords to account if they gave preference to one race over another or discriminated against the disabled. In the last few years, however, many housing advocates say that this commitment has flagged, and there is substantial evidence that the city remains one of the most segregated places to live in the nation. * * * Read the entire article here.
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