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The author (speaking) and other Interline tenants rallied outside a city public-assistance office in Jamaica, Queens to demand the vouchers for people trying to escape three-quarter houses.
The state has become more aggressive about kicking problematic three-quarter house operators out of Medicaid. But, one resident writes, they still haven’t figured out how to help the tenants left behind.
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