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NO JOB TOO BIG FOR NEW WELFARE-TO-WORK GRANTS

Local job trainers are on the outs with the city’s welfare agency, replaced by a dozen national for-profit welfare-to-work companies, a few of which ring alarm bells with industry insiders.

ByK. McGowan and J. Murphy 0Comments

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YOU CAN'T STAY AT THIS YMCA: 23RD STREET Y TO CLOSE, EVICT 40

Facing $15 million in renovation, the managers of Chelsea’s McBurney YMCA are planning on selling the nearly 100-year-old facility, putting more than three dozen long-term tenants out of a home.

ByAmanda Bell 0Comments

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TURNING THINGS AROUND

Welfare chief Jason Turner arrived at last week’s City Council hearing armed with some startling statistics. Maybe not for the reasons he intended, however.

ByAlyssa Katz 0Comments

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WELFARE SIDE EFFECTS

The bad news: Moms who leave welfare for work often cannot take as much time to care for their sick kids. The worse news: Their children are more likely to…

ByKathleen McGowan 0Comments

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PROCESSED DIP

Fewer women in New York are using WIC coupons, and advocates have a list of reasons for the decline.

ByAlyssa Katz 0Comments

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CITY SUES TO CONVERT TOURIST HOTEL INTO SRO

A lawsuit alleges that an Upper West Side landlord illegally turned a former single-room occupancy hotel into a pricey tourist destination.

ByDylan Foley 0Comments

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TURNING INTO FALL

In the current issue of City Limits–an examination of the right-wing politics and posse of welfare chief Jason Turner.

ByKemba Johnson 0Comments

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VALLONE PLANS TO BEAT RUDY ON HOMELESS RIGHTS BILL

Mayor Giuliani vetoed the last homeless rights bill the City Council passed, but a new version is on the way.

ByGlenn Thrush 0Comments

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RUDY'S WELFARE BOAST BELIED BY BOOST IN SSI CLAIMS

The city’s drop in the welfare rolls has been almost entirely offset by increases in other sources of public assistance.

ByAndrew White 0Comments

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INS AND OUTS: LINDA'S LEAGUE , SEE YU LATER

Hirings and firings in the nonprofit and government worlds.

ByKemba Johnson 0Comments