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 new workfare rules.
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani made a rare appearance in East New York last Thursday to hawk an enigmatic document titled “The East New York Action Plan”–and to support his embattled ally, Democratic Councilmember Priscilla Wooten.
The ratio of students to teachers in the city’s public schools increased 11 percent between 1990 and 1996, despite a $1.1 billion hike in the amount of money spent on school staff, according to a report published last week by the Citizens Budget Commission, a business-backed watchdog group.
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