Welfare
CITY'S HASTE COULD MEAN WASTED JOB TRAINING FUNDS
David Jason Fischer |
Long-delayed, new contracts to start up six new job training centers might run afoul of the law.
City Hall
POLITICS AS UNUSUAL
Jill Grossman |
In the days before the general election, some candidates are taking unusual steps to make it into the City Council, and to stir things if the voters do send them there.
Times Square
RECIPIENTS NOT SEEN, HEARD
Matt Pacenza |
With a year left until the nation’s welfare law comes up for reauthorization, New York’s welfare commissioners argued for the right to limit spending on poverty-fighting programs at the first round of the feds’ listening tour last week.
Manhattan
THE NEW ECONOMY
City Limits |
From apparel manufacturing to printing to air cargo, many of New York City’s most important industries suffered deep wounds after the World Trade Center attacks, according to a study released last week by the Center for an Urban Future, a Manhattan-based think tank.
