What started as a simple paperwork error several years ago ended in eviction last week for a tenant of one of Hope Community’s affordable apartments in East Harlem.
In what could be Mayor Bloomberg’ s first comment on the Giuliani administration’s welfare policy, the new welfare commissioner has signaled she may back away from the old regime’s plan…
A city advocacy group is launching a campaign that, come tax time, could add hundreds of millions to the pockets of low-income New Yorkers–without costing the city a penny.
Last week’s budget agreements between the City Council and the mayor gave back life to housing groups that expected to spend the holidays packing it in. But services for kids,…
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.
