The Social Security Debate
Mar 21, 2005
You cannot go anywhere these days without hearing about Social Security. In the first two weeks of March, the New York Times ran more than 50 articles on it.
WeCARE, For New Yorkers Still On Welfare And Unable To Work
Mar 16, 2005
 More than half of the New Yorkers still on welfare are unable to work. Many have a medical condition, physical or mental; others have substance abuse problems. Another large group
The Working Poor
Nov 18, 2004
Last year, about one in three low-wage full-time workers in this city experienced one or more of these hardships: their gas, phone, or electricity was turned off because they couldn’t
New Programs Aim To Prevent Homelessness
Oct 29, 2004
 With the homeless population at a record high and likely to get worse, thanks in part to an exhaustion of federal subsidy money and skyrocketing costs of providing shelter, two
The Battle Over Social Security
Oct 13, 2004
The biggest domestic issue in the 2004 Presidential election has barely been mentioned by the candidates. More New Yorkers will be personally affected by the future of Social Security than
Portrait of Same-Sex (Married) Couples
Sep 24, 2004
 With gay and lesbian marriages now legal in Massachusetts, court cases pending in that state and California, and President George W. Bush pushing for a constitutional amendment that would ban
The Poor Are Not Better Off
Sep 21, 2004
 One week before the 2004 Republican National Convention, the Bush Administration announced that the nationwide caseload for federal welfare benefits dropped by three percent during 2003. Several days later,
A Ban On Welfare Advocates At Welfare Centers
Sep 17, 2004
 A group of Brooklyn community activists has lost its six-year legal battle for access to the waiting rooms of welfare offices, now known as Job Centers. The group's staff
The Disabled Poor: Shut In, Out of Pocket
Aug 20, 2004
Many low-income people with disabilities never have a chance to apply for Medicaid, food stamps, or income assistance because they literally cannot go to all the offices required. The
No More Waiting?
Aug 02, 2004
Kendo McDonald only slept a couple of hours a night at his home in Queens. The rest of the night, he camped out in a sleeping bag in front of the office |