Welfare
RUDY SUES COUNCIL ON JOBS BILL
Carlos Perkins |
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.
Organizing
GETTING THEIR WORTH
Carlos Perkins |
Filipino immigrants thought they had lucked out when they discovered a job placement agency that focused on finding jobs for people from their country. But after weeks of not getting paid, they took their complaints to the state Department of Labor, which is now investigating the firm.
Government
STOPPED PAYMENT
Carlos Perkins |
A push to expand rent relief to New Yorkers with disabilities seemed to have tremendous support in Albany, until a plea from Mayor Rudy Giuliani stopped the bill in its tracks.
Government
HELP WANTED: PATAKI PUPPET?
Carlos Perkins |
As Commissioner John Lynch of the state Division of Housing and Community Renewal plans to retire, Gov. Pataki is finding it difficult to fill a post described by many as a mouthpiece for the governor.
