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Making Welfare Work And Making Work Pay

Nekoro Gomes | August 17, 2009

New state funding increases are aimed at helping the poor and working poor — but they’re still behind.

No Free Lunch: Conflict Over Food Stamp Access

Chloe Tribich | August 3, 2009

As the economy sends ever more New Yorkers in search of a safety net, the city’s welfare agency defends anti-fraud measures that advocates call counterproductive.

What Stands Between A Child And A Lasting Family

Karen Loew | July 20, 2009

A study is underway that looks at how to lower the barriers to securing permanent homes for children in the foster care system.

The Forty Years War

Jarrett Murphy | July 20, 2009

The ‘war on drugs’ continues as ever, though you might not hear much about it anymore. The new issue of CLI looks at its advances and setbacks — and who’s caught in the conflict today.

Auditor-In-Chief: Has Thompson Effected Change?

Jarrett Murphy | July 13, 2009

With more than seven years and 650 audits under his belt, Comptroller William Thompson helms a uniquely powerful watchdog function across all of city government.

A Nurturing Network Grows In Bushwick

Nekoro Gomes | July 13, 2009

Amid a citywide plan to support a new model for child welfare, a foster parent serves as a recruiter and role model in her neighborhood.

Remodeling Child Welfare By Answering This 'Request'

Jessica Glazer | June 29, 2009

Agencies providing foster care and preventive services are working to secure new contracts that write recent innovations into the record.

Second In Command: A Lawyer's Argument

Jarrett Murphy | June 15, 2009

In the final installment of our series on the race for public advocate, a look at civil liberties lawyer Norman Siegel’s third run for the city’s number-two post.

Second In Command: The Veteran's Case

Jarrett Murphy | June 8, 2009

In his comeback run for public advocate, Mark Green is trading on his earlier stint in the post while acknowledging the city has changed. The fourth in a five-part series on the race for the Number Two spot in city government.