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In early October, the city settled a two-year legal battle in Manhattan’s federal court, agreeing to provide translation and interpretation services at all of its 21 food stamp offices.

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Oct 2001

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FOOD STAMPS FOR THOUGHT: CITY TO PROVIDE TRANSLATION

As the demand for public assistance is expected to grow, the city settled a two-year legal battle last week promising to provide food stamp services and materials in every applicant’s…

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Urban Legend: Marcelo Moncayo

“We’re here to fight because our bosses don’t pay minimum wage or overtime,” says Marcelo Moncayo.

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Aug 2001

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TEENS SEEK RESPECT

Just as the Board of Education prepares to quadruple the Truancy Reduction Alliance to Contact Kids, or TRACK program, some students and teachers say changes are desperately needed before the…

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Jul 2001

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Making Change: Non-nonprofits Pay Their Dues

Tiny community groups grow quietly in grassroots New York, even before they brave the paperwork of becoming official nonprofits. Meet the “out-of-pocket sector.”

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Jul 2001

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Schools of Door Knocks

Deciding to become a community organizer used to mean post-college purgatory. Now it’s a lifelong profession. City Limits examines 15 organizing schools that prep tomorrow’s rabble-rousers.

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HOUSING PLAN BREWING IN BUSHWICK CHUGS ALONG

A plan to build hundreds of units of housing in Bushwick passed phase I of the land-use approval process last week, taking a step closer to becoming one of the…

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May 2000

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The Young and the Leftist

The civil rights generation no longer has the franchise on social activism. Having come of age in Reagan’s material world, a crop of young activists pursue change with a combination…