Applicants and a new report by the federal government agree: New York City’s welfare offices go too far in denying poor people the chance to apply for food stamps.
A fire that raced through a building in Bedford-Stuyvesant last week is a direct result of the city’s lax enforcement of dangerous maintenance problems.
“Learnfare,” which punished parents on welfare when their kids missed school, will end after one year, as the state legislature opts not to extend the controversial program.
The House’s new federal housing budget is $6 billion shy of the president’s request, which doesn’t do much for New York–and it’s hard not to blame candidate Rick Lazio.
