Welfare payments and food stamps are supposedly easier to recieve with a new state-issued electronic card, but a spat between two banking giants has kept many ATMs off-limits.
Governor Pataki has included plenty of social service cuts in his proposed budget, but an increase to an education program has Democrats just as miffed.
Palm trees, surf and endless summers aren’t the only reasons to envy La-La Land. Some of its urban policies aren’t bad, either. From a thriving manufacturing sector to a living-wage…