The Workforce Investment Act is supposed to help the unemployed and underemployed get on track to solid careers. Now Congress has gouged its budget–and pokey New York may be one of the biggest losers.
High tech communications firms have been hard hit by the dot-com collapse. Now a new gig has come to rescue them from NASDAQ oblivion, courtesy of the New York City Housing Authority.
One day after advocates for the poor sued the mayor for failing to train welfare recipients for employment, Giuliani strikes back against the pols who backed them up.
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