Welfare
WORKFARE-FOR-ALL SCHEME WILL COST TAXPAYERS BILLIONS
Glenn Thrush |
A new report by the city’s Independent Budget Office (IBO) estimates that the city’s workfare programs will soon cost upwards of $600 million a year.
A new report by the city’s Independent Budget Office (IBO) estimates that the city’s workfare programs will soon cost upwards of $600 million a year.
Two incensed readers reply to a recent Weekly story about problems with the city’s tenant ownership program, TIL.
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