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Beverly Davis has a full-time job, a family she supports and a college course to complete. She has plans to become a police officer. Public benefits are essential to her…

ByNeil deMause 0Comments

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Jul 2011

Government

From Blue-Collar to the Welfare Line

Walter Greene worked for a living. Then the work disappeared. Now, like thousands of other low-income New Yorkers, he navigates homeless shelter rules and the welfare bureaucracy.

ByNeil deMause 0Comments

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Jul 2011

Economy In Depth

Even Entrepreneurs Need Food Stamps

Tanya Fields is a college graduate starting her own business. She’s also a welfare recipient trying to keep benefits in place until she can support herself. Can she do it…

ByNeil deMause 0Comments

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Jul 2011

Economy Government

The Poor Have Numbers. Do They Count?

The number of low-income New Yorkers is a matter of statistics. Answering deeper questions about poverty demands drilling down deep into the lives of individual people, a few of whose…

ByNeil deMause 0Comments

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Apr 2011

Economy Government

From Welfare To Work—Until A Budget Cut Hits

Through the transitional jobs program, hundreds of former welfare recipients have performed actual city jobs—not workfare. But state budget reductions will force the program to scale back.

ByPatrick Wall 0Comments

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Apr 2011

Justice

Human Factor Looms Large In ACS System

The recent indictment of two ACS workers in a little girl’s death has focused new attention on the city’s child protection regime. In this interview, City Limits’ Helen Zelon explains…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2011

Economy Education Government

What Cuts Will Cost: Children's Learning, Parents' Work

As tabloids celebrate an on-time state budget, a look at what one budget cut at the city level will mean: fewer childcare slots, less school prep for kids and a…

ByGerard Flynn 0Comments

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Mar 2011

Government

Senate, Assembly Resist Cuomo Cuts To Services

Legislators want to restore many human services that Gov. Cuomo proposed cutting. But the Senate and Assembly still differ by tens of millions of dollars on social funding, and some…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2011

Government Housing and Homelessness

Critics Of Homeless Program Fight To Save It

Advocates for the homeless have long criticized the Bloomberg administration’s approach to getting people out of shelters. But with the state threatening to end funding for the program, most advocates…

ByDiana Scholl 1Comment

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Mar 2011

ARTS and CULTURE Justice

Controversy Over Alleged Muslim Radicalization Not New

In 2007, the NYPD released a report about “the homegrown threat” that troubled local Muslim leaders by labeling innocuous behavior, like displaying concern for “the greater good,” as possible hallmarks…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

One Woman's Plan to Beat Poverty

From Blue-Collar to the Welfare Line

Even Entrepreneurs Need Food Stamps

The Poor Have Numbers. Do They Count?

From Welfare To Work—Until A Budget Cut Hits

Human Factor Looms Large In ACS System

What Cuts Will Cost: Children's Learning, Parents' Work

Senate, Assembly Resist Cuomo Cuts To Services

Critics Of Homeless Program Fight To Save It

Controversy Over Alleged Muslim Radicalization Not New

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