Obesity
Welcome Shoppers
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Pioneering food cooperative to open in East New York.
Lower East Side
BODY BY BODEGA
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Proposed federal law would help corner stores stock and sell healthy food.
Welfare
WELFARE WARFARE
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Federal welfare debate heats up with new House proposal requiring more work for recipients. Opponents hope to block it on procedural grounds.
Obesity
HIDDEN HEALTH COSTS
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New study finds that fast food chains aren’t the only reason U.S. children are getting fat. The rising price of fruits and vegetables is also to blame.
Center for an Urban Future
THE WEEKLY 500: A LOOK BACK
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Ten years ago, City Limits magazine launched its weekly affiliate. Its first few issues dealt with topics still in the news today.
Welfare
LEFTY LAWS UNLEASHED
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In its last meeting before the fall primaries, the City Council passed a raft of new legislation designed to make life easier for the city’s poor and working class.
Hunger
BLOOMBERG BALKS ON BILLS
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Mayor KOs popular City Council bills designed to expand food stamp access and preserve affordable housing. Will the council override him?
Welfare
BY THE NUMBERS
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The city’s welfare department says that 3/4 of clients retain their jobs for six months or longer. But a new report finds that one program’s success rate is significantly lower.
Manhattan
TRANSLATION TIFF
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The state is moving a city unemployment call center that translates a half-dozen languages upstate. But can the state find new translators?
Welfare
TREACHEROUS TIMES FOR TANF
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Federal welfare bill gets extended for tenth time. Observers say that means budget cuts may be imminent.
