The city has agreed to get the word out about a package of benefits for welfare recipients who have HIV-related illnesses, a policy it had been keeping under wraps.

It seems that Congress is ready to finally put together a federal housing appropropriation bill, warts and all.

The House appropriations subcommittee has okayed $100 million for housing vouchers–but the money will likely to be linked to a much-maligned plan to cut some of the poorest off public…

The city’s Independent Budget Office says the Mayor’s budget figures are off in all sorts of ways.

A multi-million dollar, multi-city study of the effects of welfare reform won’t include New York City, and advocates for the poor say they know why.

Last time welfare chief Jason Turner testified at City Council, he stormed off in a huff. This time around, it was a bit more civil.