Bloomberg’s hiring freeze could not come at a worse time: Just three weeks ago, thousands of city employees took the city up on its lucrative early retirement offer.
As part of a shift in the city’s workforce development policy, the Human Resource Administration will soon require that the job trainers it contracts with take on a lot more…
The future of the federal welfare program is suddenly up in the air. Congress recently decided to postpone debate on the matter until after the fall elections, at which point…
After nearly two years without a contract, teachers and support staff at hundreds of city-funded day care centers say they are poised to strike if City Hall doesn’t move soon,…
As a state Supreme Court judge deliberates the city’s request to temporarily take homeless children away from parents who take too long to find apartments, child welfare advocates brace themselves…
Assistance is on the way for many of the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who qualify for food stamps but up to now haven’t gotten them because of long…
For the first time in 14 years, Albany officials have proposed boosting housing assistance for New Yorkers on welfare. But the new deal still may not be enough to pay…
