Now it looks like it might never happen. The agency's Neighborhood Preservation Consultant money has been stuck in limbo since last July, when 30 groups were chosen for the latest round of contracts. The program pays nonprofits to act as go-betweens for tenants and landlords, and keep an eye out for problem buildings. Although the program rankles some housing organizations, since it requires them to help landlords as well as tenants, it has been the Giuliani administration's chief anti-abandonment strategy. Then they called up and said it was extended to December, then at a meeting they said it was extended until February.
Nonprofits theorize that the problem stems from the new contracting process.
In the past, programmatic work was less tied to specific dollars. McGowan Back to City Limits Weekly Index. And according to advocates and good government types, Cohen, with a reputation as a smart, dedicated administrator, is exactly the man for the job. The panel was formed out of last month's settlement of the Marisol case, a lawsuit that aimed to put ACS in receivership. The four-member panel charged with analyzing the agency on five topics from top to bottom, then recommending reforms.