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...ordinance does not pass, Sullivan said it would likely serve as a signal that the council did intend to exempt tenants from the existing city code--a signal that might allow much more large-scale condominium conversion, affecting 1000 tenants or more...
...quite a turnabout. First, Ronald Reagan reversed a policy established by Congress, the courts and three previous Administrations, by revoking an Internal Revenue Service rule barring tax-exempt status for racially segregated schools. When the inevitable uproar ensued, the President backpedaled by proposing a law to undo what he had just done. Reagan insisted that he was firmly opposed to racial bias; his only concern, he said, was with a procedural principle-the belief that Congress, not the IRS, should exercise control over such rulings. The awkward performance raised serious questions about Reagan's haphazard policymaking apparatus as well...
Sherman's ruling overturned a Rent Control Board regulation which prohibited tenants from buying their apartments. Tenants who began renting before the regulation was enacted in 1979 are exempt from...
...from many of those goals. The past few months have seen a backing off by the Government on school busing, affirmative action and housing discrimination. Last week the Administration switched direction on still one more longstanding federal civil rights policy. It moved to end the practice of denying tax-exempt status to private schools that discriminate against minorities...
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, the Reagan administration shows exactly what it means by "less government." The president's men have long advertised that their policies represented a bold departure from the traditional conservative agenda, but last week's decision to return tax-exempt status to segregated schools should clarify any confusion about labels...