Summary: Gary Buehler, director of the Office of Generic Drugs at the agency said the generic-drug program is very important to the F.D.A. That took time and delayed the approval, Mr. Buehler said.

Summary: Gary Buehler, director of the Office of Generic Drugs at the agency said that the generic-drug program is very important to the Food and Drug Administration.


Summary: Mary Anne Rhyne, a spokeswoman for GlaxoSmithKline, said the company was considering legal action. Ms.Rhyne would not say whether the target of those actions would be the agency or the generic's maker, Roxane Laboratories.

Summary: A spokeswoman for GlaxoSmithKline, Mary Anne Rhyne, said the company was considering legal action but she would not say whether the target of those actions would be the agency or the generic's maker, Roxane Laboratories.


Summary: Food and Drug Administration held a news conference to announce the generic's approval, the first such gathering for a decision about a generic drug in recent memory. The agency now has a backlog of 850 applications for generic drugs, more than twice that of 2002.

Summary: Food and Drug Administration held a news conference to announce the generic's approval, the first such gathering for a decision about a generic drug in recent memory. Gary Buehler, director of the Office of Generic Drugs at the agency, said that the generic-drug program is very important to the Food and Drug Administration. The agency now has a backlog of 850 applications for generic drugs, more than twice that of 2002.


Summary: A generic version of Flonase, a popular allergy spray, was approved for sale by federal drug regulators Wednesday. Flonase is one of the most popular drugs in the world, with $1.14 billion in sales last year. GlaxoSmithKline, the British drug giant that makes Flonase, filed two ''citizen petitions,'' each with supplements, asking the agency to consider or reconsider various aspects of the approval process.


Summary: In London, Morgan Stanley hired Martin Thorneycroft from Goldman Sachs to be an executive director in the bank's European high-yield division.

Summary: Morgan Stanley said that it had hired two senior bond executives from competitors Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. In London, the firm hired Martin Thorneycroft from Goldman Sachs to be an executive director in the bank's European high-yield division.


Summary: Mr. Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the former President and an ally of Mr. Préval's, was forced out of office two years ago by a violent uprising and pressure from the United States. He was accused by his opponents of corruption and violent repression fled Haiti and has since lived in South Africa. In a televised appearance, Mr. Aristide said he looked forward to returning to Haiti and said he would consult with Mr. Préval about an appropriate time. And even though Mr. Aristide is still loved by this country's poor, political leaders critical of the way he was removed from power acknowledge that his return could start a new round of unrest in Haiti, the hemisphere's most troubled country.

Summary: In his first news conference since being declared president of Haiti last week, René Préval kept up the mystery swirling around the possible return from exile of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, saying only that the Constitution permits him to come home if Mr. Aristide so chooses. Mr. Aristide, a former ally of Mr. Préval's, was forced out of office two years ago by a violent uprising and pressure from the United States. Political opponents of Mr. Aristide's, and several foreign diplomats, have made clear to Mr. Préval that they do not want Mr. Aristide to return.


Summary: After being declared president of Haiti  René Préval kept up the mystery swirling around the possible return from exile of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, saying only that the Constitution permits him to come home if Mr. Aristide so chooses. Mr. Préval, a protégé of Mr. Aristide, who was president from 1996 to 2001, has so far refused to publicly address those concerns. Still, Mr. Préval was elected with the overwhelming support of the poor people who had lifted Mr. Aristide to power.

Summary: In his first news conference since being declared president of Haiti last week, René Préval kept up the mystery swirling around the possible return from exile of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, saying only that the Constitution permits him to come home if Mr. Aristide so chooses. Mr. Aristide, a former ally of Mr. Préval's, was forced out of office two years ago by a violent uprising and pressure from the United States. Mr. Préval, a protégé of Mr. Aristide, who was president from 1996 to 2001, has so far refused to publicly address those concerns.


Summary: The debate over whether a state-owned company, Dubai Ports World, should take over management of port terminals in several major American cities is seen as a mixed blessing in Dubai, a city that has been trying to raise its profile on the world stage.  An article about attitudes in Dubai over whether Dubai Ports World should manage shipping terminals in several American cities said the reaction was a test for globalization.

Summary: The debate over whether a state-owned company, Dubai Ports World, should take over management of port terminals in several major American cities is seen as a mixed blessing in Dubai. Farid Dawood, a market strategist and financial analyst based in Dubai, said that it would be abnormal if such a big deal did not meet any criticism, but Dubai Ports could do a better job than anyone. Whether Dubai Ports World should manage shipping terminals in several American cities misstated the surname of the editor in chief of Forbes Arabia, who said the reaction was a test for globalization.


Summary: David A. Patterson, president of the Association for Computing Machinery, said that the data didn't bear that out. Yet the view that job opportunities in computing were dwindling fast was both common and potentially damaging to America's competitive prowess. He pointed to the declining interest in computer science as a major among American college students, based on a survey last year of the intentions of students entering college. Mr. Patterson observed that the perception among high school students and their parents was that the game was over -- that all computing jobs were going overseas.

Summary: The view that job opportunities in computing are dwindling fast is both common and potentially damaging to America's competitive prowess, according to David A. Patterson, president of the Association for Computing Machinery. He pointed to the declining interest in computer science as a major among American college students. Mr. Patterson observed the perception among high school students and their parents is that the game is over.


Summary: Pauline Chrysler, whose son, Randy Chrysler, is a smoke shop owner, asked how they were supposed to live.

Summary: Pauline Chrysler whose son is Randy Chrysler, is a smoke shop owner said that how they are supposed to live ?


Summary: The federal agency for industry, Rosprom, last week proposed investing money from the Russian oil-windfall fund into a huge new automotive works, to be built from a merger of the Russian partner, Avtovaz and other struggling domestic manufacturers. Behind the recent dispute lies a change of leadership two months ago at the Russian partner, Avtovaz. The new factory would build cars, minivans and sport utility vehicles, and be able to produce nearly half a million cars a year. That could make G.M.'s cooperation with Avtovaz, which builds S.U.V.'s, less than essential, leading analysts to speculate that there were larger issues at stake in the dispute over engine prices.

Summary: The federal agency for industry, Rosprom, last week proposed investing money from the Russian oil-windfall fund into a huge new automotive works, to be built from a merger of Avtovaz and other struggling domestic manufacturers. The new factory was able to produce nearly half a million cars in a year which could make G.M.'s cooperation with Avtovaz, which builds S.U.V.'s, leading analysts to speculate that there were larger issues at stake in the dispute over engine prices. Boris S. Alyoshin who was the director of Rosprom won a seat on the board of Avtovaz, along with other representatives of the government and of a state-owned weapons trading company. Avtovaz's spokesman declined to comment on the two companies' dealings.


Summary: The city's top Republican, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, underscored how serious local officials are about controlling the shadowy but increasingly prevalent dealings between lobbyists and the local officials they try to influence. He said that people perceive that lobbyists get special treatment because all too often the relationship between lobbyists and government officials includes special favors. He also said that their plan aims to eliminate those special favors, to bring sunlight to an industry that is growing rapidly in New York City. Mr. Bloomberg, a billionaire who pays for his own campaigns, has long said he would like to limit the influence of moneyed interests on government.

Summary: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, and its top Democrat, the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, underscored how serious local officials are about controlling the shadowy but increasingly prevalent dealings between lobbyists and the local officials they try to influence. Mr. Bloomberg said at City Hall that people perceived that lobbyists get special treatment because all too often the relationship between lobbyists and government officials includes special favors. Referring to the Washington lobbyist who recently pleaded guilty to using bribes to entice government officials, Mr. Bloomberg added that we were not waiting for the next Jack Abramoff to arrive. The proposals highlighted the new closeness between the mayor, re-elected in November, and Ms. Mr. Bloomberg has long said he would like to limit the influence of moneyed interests on government. The mayor and the speaker said they would seek strict new disclosure and reporting standards.


Summary: The City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, has said she wants to raise the ethical standards of the Council during her term. She also said she would soon build a gate system closing off her office to lobbyists, who will now be asked to make formal appointments to meet with the Council staff. The speaker's side of City Hall, the East Wing, has traditionally been open to practically anyone, creating ample opportunity for lobbyists to corner Ms. Quinn, her staff, and Council members.

Summary: The City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, underscored how serious local officials are about controlling the shadowy but increasingly prevalent dealings between lobbyists and the local officials they try to influence. Quinn has said that she wanted to raise the ethical standards of the Council during her term. Quinn said that she was confident that the Council would pass all of the proposed laws. In the past, Council Democrats have opposed some limits on campaign contributions and matching funds, saying they would put candidates without the mayor's money at a disadvantage. Quinn said she would quickly seek the formal approvals necessary to restrict lobbyists from specific areas of her City Hall office and Council chamber during hearings and meetings. Quinn said she would soon build a gate system closing off her office to lobbyists, who will now be asked to make formal appointments to meet with the Council staff.


Summary: Alice Quinn, one of the country's most prominent poetry editor, received backlash from Helen Vendler for editing and publishing ''Edgar Allan Poe & the Juke-Box: Uncollected Poems, Drafts and Fragments,'' by Elizabeth Bishop because bringing it out now, more than 25 years after her death, is unfair to her legacy. But Quinn said she wasn't entirely surprised by the reaction to the book. She said the book helped readers understand Bishop and her creative process.

Summary: Helen Vendler takes on Alice Quinn of The New Yorker, arguably the country's most prominent poetry editor, for editing ''Edgar Allan Poe & the Juke-Box: Uncollected Poems, Drafts and Fragments,'' by Elizabeth Bishop. Quinn's work as ''the devoted editing this material needed and deserved.'' Quinn, in an e-mail message, said she wasn't entirely surprised by the reaction to the book that she had known that this perspective on it would be registered and probably more than once. Quinn to edit the book, said he had originally opposed suggestions that the unpublished works be brought to light. Alice is a very important person in the literary world. But she also points out that the material is all ''work that for one reason or another she chose not to publish but did not destroy.'' Frank Bidart, a poet.


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Summary: According to the lawyers, the disgraced private eye Anthony Pellicano, who used to be frequently employed by Bert Fields, was in talks with prosecutors to try to avoid charges in the wiretapping investigation that has already led to the indictment of at least 13 people. The indictment says that Mr. Pellicano illegally ran criminal-background checks on a man and the man's wife and mother in October 2002.

Summary: Bert Fields, the Hollywood superlawyer, who frequently employed the disgraced private eye Anthony Pellicano, and his law firm are in talks with prosecutors to try to avoid charges in the wiretapping investigation that has already led to the indictment of at least 13 people, lawyers briefed on the case said. The focus on Mr. Fields and his law firm comes as federal prosecutors investigating Mr. Pellicano's wiretapping have expanded their inquiry into nearly every corner of the Hollywood bar: litigators, dealmakers, criminal defense lawyers, and now, a divorce lawyer. But his entanglement in the Pellicano case could open a window onto some of the most hard-fought divorce battles in Hollywood in recent years. According to prosecutors, Mr. Christensen hired Mr. Pellicano.


Summary: Lawyers said that Bert Fields, the Hollywood superlawyer, who frequently employed Anthony Pellicano, and his law firm are in talks with prosecutors to try to avoid charges in the wiretapping investigation that has already led to the indictment of at least 13 people.

Summary: Bert Fields, the Hollywood superlawyer, who frequently employed the disgraced private eye Anthony Pellicano, and his law firm are in talks with prosecutors to try to avoid charges in the wiretapping investigation that has already led to the indictment of at least 13 people. Prosecutors are presenting Mr. Fields and his firm, Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman Machtinger & Kinsella, with what they say is evidence against them, and giving them an opportunity to respond, the lawyers said. Both sides have agreed to suspend the normal statutory limitations that could prevent Mr. Fields and the firm from being prosecuted in connection with some of Mr. Pellicano's actions in years past. Mr. Fields's lawyer, John W. Keker, who has maintained that Mr. Fields knew of no illegal activity, declined to comment.


Summary: Prosecutors are presenting Mr. Fields and his firm, Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman Machtinger & Kinsella, with what they say is evidence against them, and giving them an opportunity to respond, the lawyers said. They include Charles N. Shepard, the head of litigation at Greenberg Glusker, David S. Moriarty, a former Greenberg Glusker associate who worked on several cases in which Mr. Fields was the lead partner and Mr. Pellicano was the investigator; and Daniel G. Davis, a Beverly Hills criminal lawyer who gained fame in the 1980s representing the main defendant in the McMartin preschool child molestation case.

Summary: Prosecutors are presenting Mr. Fields and his firm, Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman Machtinger & Kinsella, with what they say is evidence against them, and giving them an opportunity to respond, the lawyers said. They include Charles N. Shepard, the head of litigation at Greenberg Glusker; David S. Moriarty, a former Greenberg Glusker associate who worked on several cases in which Mr. Fields was the lead partner and Mr. Pellicano was the investigator; and Daniel G. Davis, a Beverly Hills criminal lawyer who gained fame in the 1980's representing the main defendant in the McMartin preschool child molestation case.


Summary: The killing of Israel Ramirez, an unarmed security guard who worked for Busta Rhymes, will join a string of unsolved slayings in the hip-hop world, Busta gunned down in his recording studio in Jamaica, Queens, in 2002. Busta Rhymes, 33, whose given name is Trevor Smith, faces a dilemma that he has a particular resonance to the hip-hop world. His silence is angering the family of Mr. Ramirez and a good number of his fans. A growing number of fans have called his silence cowardly and amoral, and in New York, a group of ministers and anti-violence advocates have called for a boycott of his music. His cooperation could lead to retribution.

Summary: Busta Rhymes who is 33 and his given name is Trevor Smith, faces a dilemma that is has a particular resonance to the hip-hop world.


Summary: The Maple Ridge Wind Farm resulted from a partnership between Horizon, which is owned by Goldman Sachs, and PPM Energy of Portland, Ore. The chief executive of Horizon, Alec G. Dreyer,  said that New York was an ideal choice for the wind farm because the state has a growing energy market and an electricity grid that the company can easily hook up to.

Summary: Goldman Sachs is the owner of Horizon Wind Energy. The wind farm created my the partnership of both Horizon and PPM Energy of Portland, Ore. Besides completing Maple Ridge this year, Horizon is also working on projects in windy areas of Clinton and Wyoming Counties and other areas in the state. Also the company stated that they were staying away from the most obvious wind source in New York, , the Long Island shore, because they feared being caught in a battle with residents and worried about the visual impact of the turbines.


Summary: Mr. Colwell has an agreement with the Justice Department that requires him to testify to avoid criminal prosecution.


Summary: Prince Saud al-Faisal who the Saudi foreign minister, told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the meeting that it would be height of irony if they fail to take care of those people those who are seeking for peace. After that Ms. Rice met Wednesday with Prince Saud and King Abdullah. Prince Saud further said that they wish not to link international aid to the Palestinian people to considerations other than their dire, humanitarian need. Prince Saud also appeared to reject widespread concerns about the Iranian nuclear program, saying that Iran is trying to build nuclear weapons merely ''accusations.'' He added that Saudi Arabia had asked Iran about the allegations and ''they have denied this many times to us,'' though a senior American official said the Saudi leaders expressed more concern about Iran in private meetings.

Summary: Saudi Arabia gives the Palestinian government $15 million a month, and Prince Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that it would be ironical not to take care of these people who are seeking peace, during a news conference Wednesday night. Prince Saud also mentioned that international aid to the Palestinian people should be considered a humanitarian need. He also rejected widespread concerns about the Iranian nuclear program, calling the reports merely ''accusations'', and added that Saudi Arabia had asked Iran about the allegations and they were denied.


Summary: On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia joined the list of Arab countries who were unwilling to cut off money to Hamas, the radical Islamic faction that won last month's Palestinian elections, as the United States has requested. Khaled Meshal, the top political leader of Hamas, has been on a tour of Arab states this month, in search of aid to replace the money the Palestinian government will lose if the United States and Europe cut off support. One senior administration official noted that Hamas would have to raise $100 million to $120 million a month.

Summary: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday joined the list of Arab countries which says that they were unwilling to cut off money to Hamas, as the United States has requested. Whereas, On Tuesday, Egypt rejected calls to withhold aid from Hamas. Many countries, senior Bush administration officials said that they are still trying to decide how to react to Hamas's victory. One of the senior administration official noted that Hamas would have to raise $100 million to $120 million a month.


Summary: The agency has been reviewing its procedures, for its wide criticism of failing to prevent the beating death of a 7-year-old, Nixzmary Brown.

Summary: The agency has been reviewing the procedure of the case  of abuse and neglect whose victim was a 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown.  the mayor said that they found the home situations are potentially dangerous to children like Nixzmary and not clearly appeared on the A.C.S. radar screens.


Summary: Mr. Mattingly announced that Susan Morley, who oversaw the Special Victims Unit at the Police Department, had been appointed a senior adviser.

Summary: Mr. Mattingly announced that Susan Morley had been appointed a senior adviser. Morley, who oversaw the Special Victims Unit at the Police Department, will be responsible for hiring 20 former law enforcement officers to improve the agency's investigations.


Summary: Moses Teitelbaum, the 91-year-old grand rabbi of the Satmar Hasidim, is severely ill. According to Satmar leaders, he has been hospitalized since Thursday and is on a respirator. Joel Weiss, a spokesman for one faction of the Satmar sect, said that he is in critical but stable condition at Mount Sinai Hospital, which is based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and numbers more than 60,000 worldwide.

Summary: Moses Teitelbaum, the 91-year-old grand rabbi of the Satmar Hasidim, is severely ill. He is in critical but stable condition at Mount Sinai Hospital, said Joel Weiss, a spokesman for one faction of the Satmar sect, which is based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He had previously named Aaron, his eldest son, to run the second-largest Satmar congregation, in Kiryas Joel in Orange County.


Summary: Stephen M. Weiner, a Boston lawyer is HealthWell's president. HealthWell and the other co-pay charities do not routinely disclose their donors, though Mr. Weiner confirmed Ovation's sponsorship in response to a question. But Mr. Weiner said that nearly all the money that HealthWell raises comes from drug companies. Mr. Weiner said that it was an awkward situation. He hoped to broaden HealthWell's donor base so the foundation was not so dependent on drug companies. Until that happens, the charity may face questions about its motives, he acknowledged.

Summary: Stephen M. Weiner, a Boston lawyer who is HealthWell's president, said that they were performing a valuable function. HealthWell does not routinely disclose their donors, though Mr. Weiner confirmed Ovation's sponsorship. But Mr. Weiner said that nearly all the money that HealthWell raises comes from drug companies. All of HealthWell's employees work for Covance, which selected Mr. Weiner and HealthWell's other original trustees. Mr. Weine said he hoped to broaden HealthWell's donor base so the foundation was not so dependent on drug companies. Until that happens, the charity may face questions about its motives, he acknowledged.


Summary: The celebrity divorce lawyer Dennis M. Wasser, who has handled the marital breakups of Hollywood powerhouses like Tom Cruise, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Spielberg, was the lawyer who government investigators say had steered Mr. Pellicano to the lawyer for Kirk Kerkorian, the Las Vegas mogul and former owner of MGM. Mr. Wasser was the unnamed lawyer referred to in a Feb. 15 indictment of Terry N. Christensen. But his entanglement in the Pellicano case could open a window onto some of the most hard-fought divorce battles in Hollywood in recent years. Mr. Wasser represented Mr. Cruise in his hotly contested divorce from Nicole Kidman. Mr. Wasser also handled the divorce of Robert F. Maguire III, who prosecutors say was wiretapped in May 1997. Mr. Wasser also came to federal court to support Mr. Pellicano at a November 2002 bail hearing.

Summary: The lawyer claimed that Mr. Wasser was the unnamed lawyer as referred to in a Feb. 15 indictment of Terry N. Christensen, the lead partner of a top Century City law firm and longtime outside counsel to Mr. Kerkorian. To avoid conflicts, the lawyers talks with others about the case on condition of anonymity. Mr. Wasser has not returned more than 10 calls to his office. Mr. Wasser also handled the divorce of the Los Angeles real estate developer Robert F. Maguire III. He also came to federal court to support Mr. Pellicano at his bail hearing.


Summary: The killing of Israel Ramirez, an unarmed security guard who worked for Busta Rhymes, will join a string of unsolved slayings in the hip-hop world, including those of Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Shakur and Jam Master Jay, the hip-hop pioneer gunned down in his recording studio in Jamaica, Queens, in 2002. The killing of Jam Master Jay, who was thought to be above the fray, was especially disturbing to the rap world, where jealousies and rivalries sometimes escalate into bloodshed.

Summary: The killing of Jam Master Jay was disturbing and painful to the rap world where where jealousies and rivalries sometimes turns into bloodshed. Rappers started to travel with a posse of armed guards for a reason.


Summary: Ethan Brown, who frequently writes about hip-hop, said the industry showed their anger over the police harassment of minority youths and the perceived imbalance of a criminal justice system that metes out harsh sentences to low-level drug dealers. Again Mr. Brown and others say, hip-hop fails to differentiate between those who help the authorities prosecute drug crimes from those who seek law enforcement's hand in combating violence. He added it is very obvious that the federal system is out of whack and that people are being put away for the rest of their lives based on informants. Mr. Brown's latest book ''Queens Reigns Supreme,'' stated the rise of hip-hop in Queens in the 1980's and 90's.

Summary: Ethan Brown, who writes about hip-hop, said the industry is angry over the police harassment of minority youths and the perceived imbalance of a criminal justice system that metes out harsh sentences to low-level drug dealers. According to Mr. Brown and others, the problem is that hip-hop fails to differentiate between those who help the authorities prosecute drug crimes from those who seek law enforcement's hand in combating violence. His latest book, ''Queens Reigns Supreme,'' details the rise of hip-hop in Queens in the 1980s and '90s.


Summary: John B. Mattingly is the commissioner of the Administration for Children's Services who was on a news conference at City Hall with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. In the conference he declared that he had reassigned  200 supervisors and staff members to assist caseworkers in the field until the hiring was completed and the new employees trained. According to his words, some of the caseworkers and supervisors are going to be fired due to their poor performance. After following this matter, Mr. Mattingly said that now onwards Children's Services will do a better job by investing in, supporting and supervising their child protective workers and managers, and giving them the additional tools and resources they need to make timely decisions at the right time and in the right direction.

Summary: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and John B. Mattingly, the commissioner of the Administration for Children's Services, outlined the data system, ChildStat, during a news conference at City Hall. Mr. Mattingly had reassigned 200 supervisors and staff members to assist caseworkers in the field until the hiring was completed and the new employees trained. Mr. Mattingly said that now, Children's Services can and will do a better job, by investing in, supporting and supervising our child protective workers and managers, and giving them the additional tools and resources they need to make timely decisions at the right time and in the right direction.


Summary: The mayor said that the result is that home situations that are potentially dangerous to children, like Nixzmary's, haven't appeared clearly or quickly enough on the A.C.S. radar screens.

Summary: The mayor said that children, having dangerous home situations like Nixzmary, hadn't appeared clearly or quickly enough on the A.C.S. radar screens.


Summary: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and John B. Mattingly outlined the data system, ChildStat, during a news conference at City Hall. He said that in spite of the child welfare agency collecting extensive data about its cases, it had not focused enough on qualitative assessments, like identifying children at particularly high risk and evaluating the performance of caseworkers and supervisors in responding to complaints. As a result of which, home situations that are potentially dangerous to children, like Nixzmary's, haven't appeared clearly or quickly enough on the A.C.S. radar screens. He also said that these lapses won't occur any longer and the agency would also seek to improve the quality of its investigations by establishing a leadership academy for its supervisors, assigning caseworkers to specific neighborhoods and reducing the time they spend in the office rather than in the field.

Summary: ChildStat was one of the initiatives outlined by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and John B. Mattingly, during a news conference at City Hall. The mayor said that this initiative was taken to handle situations, like Nixzmary's, that haven't appeared clearly or quickly enough on the A.C.S. radar screens.


Summary: Yesterday, Bloomberg announced the creation of a new data collection and tracking system to assist the city's child welfare agency in identifying the most serious cases of abuse and neglect.

Summary: The Bloomberg administration has announced that the creation of a new data collection and tracking system will assist the city's child welfare agency in indentifying the cases of abuse and neglect.