"We're seeing some improvement, but it's got a ways to go still," said John Feinblatt, the city's criminal justice coordinator.

The state's criminal justice coordinator, Katherine Lapp, hopes to find money in the current budget to get the system running.

"What we wanted to do was demonstrate that we mean business," said John Feinblatt, the city's criminal justice coordinator.

But John Feinblatt, the city's criminal justice coordinator, said the city still viewed the businesses as "a quality of life" issue that needed aggressive attention.

"These buildings violate every code in the book," said John Feinblatt, the city's criminal justice coordinator.

The program will be overseen by the mayor's criminal justice coordinator, John Feinblatt.

"These promotions are given for good work," said Katie Lapp, the city's criminal justice coordinator.

A city employee and her husband were charged yesterday with stealing $2.5 million from the criminal justice coordinator's office.

So far, says John Feinblatt, the city's criminal justice coordinator, nine of the buildings have been returned to legitimate use.

At the 12 schools, suspensions have tripled in recent months, said John Feinblatt, the city's criminal justice coordinator.