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From increasing funding for pre-kindergarten classes to rerouting billions in cash intended for the city’s poorest, the new state budget gets mixed reviews.

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May 2002

Uncategorized

Dead End Jobless

An automated phone system makes it easier for laid-off workers to get their unemployment checks–when it works.

ByAnnia Ciezadlo 0Comments

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May 2002

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Unfit to Work

City says “Get Well–or get off welfare”

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Support for the Homeless

As the city’s shelter population grows, a group of advocates for the homeless last week called on the governor and mayor to make room in next year’s budget for cash…

ByElizabeth Olsson 0Comments

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Apr 2002

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HOW TO PROMOTE POOR HEALTH?

Last week, a team of lawyers for the poor appealed to the feds to stop illegal denial of welfare benefits to the disabled. Their findings shed a harsh light on…

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STILL NO GET OUT OF JAIL HEALTH CARD

The Giuliani administration is back in court facing charges that it’s all but ignored a directive to provide treatment and services to mentally ill inmates as they leave prison.

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MISCALCULATION

Reassessing the cost for rent exemption to include people with disabilities, the Independent Budget Office found the bill will be a lot higher.

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Jul 2001

Government

STOPPED PAYMENT

A push to expand rent relief to New Yorkers with disabilities seemed to have tremendous support in Albany, until a plea from Mayor Rudy Giuliani stopped the bill in its…

ByCarlos Perkins 0Comments

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Jul 2001

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We’ve Got Issues

Eight years of Giuliani is enough to turn anyone into a would-be urban planner. But as the new slew of candidates takes on the city’s toughest choices, they may regret…

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Jun 2001

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STATE PUT TO THE TEST

The state Department of Education might want to re-read the Americans with Disabilities Act, suggests an advocacy group which last week filed a complaint in federal court that charged the…

ByMatt Pacenza 0Comments

State Bag of Tricks

Dead End Jobless

Unfit to Work

Support for the Homeless

HOW TO PROMOTE POOR HEALTH?

STILL NO GET OUT OF JAIL HEALTH CARD

MISCALCULATION

STOPPED PAYMENT

We’ve Got Issues

STATE PUT TO THE TEST

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