The Giuliani administration hit legal services for tenants hard last week in its budget cut proposals, leaving some public interest lawyers gearing up to shut their doors.
Some of the more than 93,000 households who’ve received emergency Medicaid since September 11 are scheduled to lose their benefits on February 1 unless the Pataki administration devises a transition health plan in the next few weeks.
The state has put on hold a debit card system that would have significantly restricted the buying options of welfare recipients in New York’s new Safety Net program.
Using a newly discovered legal weapon, lawyers for a handful of Gristedes delivery workers who were laid off in October soon after testifying against their boss, won their clients back their jobs and missed wages last week.
As city budget discussions start to heat up, the New York City Independent Budget Office has released a how-to for understanding the mechanics behind the city’s finances.
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