The state’s massive effort to turn food stamps and welfare checks into ATM-type debit cards could result in unforeseen dangers for low-income New Yorkers, advocates charge.
Rents are rising, wages declining, and the pols in Albany are preparing to slice and dice the city’s number-one housing subsidy: welfare. As activists battle to preserve rent stabilization, even…
Welfare and food stamp benefits are slated to be delivered by ATM machines in New York State, but advocates for the poor say the devil’s in the details.
Hello, I must be going. The mayor has anointed a third housing commissioner but there’s little reason to think that spells relief for tenants of crumbling buildings.
