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Landlords have been rejoicing over a new rent-deposit law that is about to go into effect, but the tenant antidote has been on the books for more than 30 years.

ByGlenn Thrush 0Comments

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Oct 1997

Uncategorized

JUDGES LEARN HAZARD OF CHILD-NEGLECT CRIMINALIZATION

A judicial forum last week taught court personnel how false abuse charges can be used as a weapon in custody battles.

ByKim Nauer 0Comments

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Sep 1997

Uncategorized

STOP MAKING SENSE? A GUIDE TO THE STATE WELFARE LAW

True, the state welfare reform law isn’t as harsh as it might have been. But for tens of thousands of pregnant women, new mothers and disabled recipients, there are tough…

ByGlenn Thrush 0Comments

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Sep 1997

Uncategorized

CORPORATE WELFARE CHEATS

Tax breaks to keep big companies in NYC can backfire, according to a new report.

ByKemba Johnson 0Comments

18

Aug 1997

Uncategorized

SLOPE JOB CREATION IS A WASH

The Fifth Avenue Committee has opened a dry cleaner in Brooklyn that hires the unemployed and uses green technology to clean clothes.

ByJoe Gould 0Comments

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Aug 1997

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

GREAT NYCHA VACANCY MYSTERY: ARE 7,500 APARTMENTS EMPTY?

The community group ACORN did some math and says the city’s housing authority is sitting on 7,500 vacant apartments, a charge NYCHA vigorously denies.

ByG. Thrush and A. Felton 0Comments

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Aug 1997

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

JUDGE BLOCKS NYCHA'S BID TO PUSH POOR TO BACK OF WAITING LIST

Advocates got a little breathing room in their quest to stop a city housing authority plan to keep the poorest applicants from renting vacant apartments.

ByGlenn Thrush 0Comments

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Aug 1997

Uncategorized

IS “WISCONSIN WORKS” WORKING?

A new report gives a close look at Wisconsin’s much-admired welfare reform efforts.

ByAndrew White 0Comments

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Aug 1997

Uncategorized

WEP DEATH SPARKS COUNCIL FIGHT

Two months ago, a workfare worker died on the job. Last week’s City Council hearing on the topic was a argumentative affair.

ByAlexandria Felton 0Comments

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Aug 1997

Justice

FOSTER CARE GIANTS LOSE MILLIONS IN CITY CRACKDOWN

In what the city says is a new era of oversight for foster care, several of the city’s largest nonprofit agencies have been put on probation for poor performance.

ByAndrew White 0Comments

1962 LAW IS TENANTS' BEST DEFENSE IN NEW HOUSING COURT WAR

JUDGES LEARN HAZARD OF CHILD-NEGLECT CRIMINALIZATION

STOP MAKING SENSE? A GUIDE TO THE STATE WELFARE LAW

CORPORATE WELFARE CHEATS

SLOPE JOB CREATION IS A WASH

GREAT NYCHA VACANCY MYSTERY: ARE 7,500 APARTMENTS EMPTY?

JUDGE BLOCKS NYCHA'S BID TO PUSH POOR TO BACK OF WAITING LIST

IS “WISCONSIN WORKS” WORKING?

WEP DEATH SPARKS COUNCIL FIGHT

FOSTER CARE GIANTS LOSE MILLIONS IN CITY CRACKDOWN

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