Many parents who’ve recently left welfare for a new job are not getting the subsidized day care they’re eligible for, and the city recently made it even harder for some to get it.
A state legislator last week found a cork to help fill the city budget gap — uncollected fines on building code violations.
Still confused as to why more low-income residents and merchants in Chinatown and the Lower East Side are not getting federal relief for the fallout from September 11, a coalition of advocates last week sued the feds.
Policies pushing people on welfare to seek marriage are a waste: They’re already looking.
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