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Ruth Ford


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Ruth Ford is an investigative journalist who has written for City Limits since 2000. A former staff reporter for the Brooklyn Papers, she has also written for the Voice, Manhattan Media company and Habitat magazine. She lives in Chelsea with her husband and twin boys, Hank and Buck. (Photo by Beatrice de Gea)

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Interviews and Appearances

Articles, Investigations and Blogs

Facing a severe fiscal crisis, New York's public hospitals brought in a consultant for advice. But determining best practices for a one-of-a-kind charity healthcare system is a tricky operation.



In the past year, the housing authority has let contracts worth $10 million to a consultant to oversee a major restructuring. The content of that advice is under wraps.



From schools to public housing to hospitals that serve the poor, private firms are being brought in to rescue remnants of an earlier, more ambitious era of government.



The Housing Authority's Chairman John Rhea warned of 3,000 layoffs unless the federal government moves to close a billion-dollar gap in public housing funding.