Low-income families aren’t seeing the economic help from the government they once did, according to the city’s Independent Budget Office. And that can be bad, because this is when many of them may need it most. more

Nitza Bravo is still dealing with the loss of her ex-husband Juan Melendez, killed during a fire earlier this year in their Hudsoncrest co-op. Even worse, not only hasn’t she been able to return home, she can’t even make the necessary repairs that would make it habitable once again. more

Police are investigating an early-morning fire Wednesday that claimed the life of a Spuyten Duyvil senior citizen. more