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City hires water management company to steer deep spending cuts

Veolia Water manages infrastructure for governments around the world

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Children of deported immigrants languish in foster care – as the Obama administration fights itself

Parents ejected from the U.S. are losing custody of their children

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A bus stop in Kiryas Joel.

Outside New York City, sexes separated on state-funded bus

A government-subsidized transportation line in Orange County strictly separates male and female riders

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Balancing Act: Will 2012 be the year New York City gets its fair share of representation in the State Senate?

Redistricting in the state legislature has left New York City residents with less power in the State Senate than upstate voters

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Sex-segregation policy on Brooklyn bus line to end, operator pledges

Following the New York World’s investigation, a Brooklyn bus service promises to allow women to ride where they choose

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The B110 bus is a private line operating under public franchise

City Human Rights Commission to examine sex-segregated bus line

The New York World’s reporting on Brooklyn’s B110 bus results in action from city government

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The B110 bus connects Williamsburg with Borough Park in Brooklyn

Women ride in back on sex-segregated Brooklyn bus line

The B110 bus travels a public route but follows private, religious rules separating the sexes

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Single adults surge into homeless shelters as permanent housing construction lags

Nearly 21,000 individuals entered the city shelters in the past year

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Head Of Cuomo-Founded Homeless Agency Resigns

HELP USA CEO Larry Belinsky, married to the cousin of Gov. Cuomo and his sister Maria, resigns from their organization as the governor launches probe of nonprofit executive compensation.

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Despite recent deaths, youth care contract on track for renewal

City to pay $385 per day for care of developmentally disabled children at Pennsylvania home where two clients died

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