Government
From Blue-Collar to the Welfare Line
Neil deMause |
Walter Greene worked for a living. Then the work disappeared. Now, like thousands of other low-income New Yorkers, he navigates homeless shelter rules and the welfare bureaucracy.
Economy
Even Entrepreneurs Need Food Stamps
Neil deMause |
Tanya Fields is a college graduate starting her own business. She’s also a welfare recipient trying to keep benefits in place until she can support herself. Can she do it all?
Economy
The Poor Have Numbers. Do They Count?
Neil deMause |
The number of low-income New Yorkers is a matter of statistics. Answering deeper questions about poverty demands drilling down deep into the lives of individual people, a few of whose stories are presented in this month’s issue of City Limits.
Bronx
From Welfare To Work—Until A Budget Cut Hits
Patrick Wall |
Through the transitional jobs program, hundreds of former welfare recipients have performed actual city jobs—not workfare. But state budget reductions will force the program to scale back.
Justice
Human Factor Looms Large In ACS System
Jarrett Murphy |
The recent indictment of two ACS workers in a little girl’s death has focused new attention on the city’s child protection regime. In this interview, City Limits’ Helen Zelon explains how legal process and human nature interact in the child welfare system.
Bronx
What Cuts Will Cost: Children's Learning, Parents' Work
Gerard Flynn |
As tabloids celebrate an on-time state budget, a look at what one budget cut at the city level will mean: fewer childcare slots, less school prep for kids and a tough choice for their working parents.
Bronx
Senate, Assembly Resist Cuomo Cuts To Services
Jarrett Murphy |
Legislators want to restore many human services that Gov. Cuomo proposed cutting. But the Senate and Assembly still differ by tens of millions of dollars on social funding, and some programs still face elimination.
Government
Critics Of Homeless Program Fight To Save It
Diana Scholl |
Advocates for the homeless have long criticized the Bloomberg administration’s approach to getting people out of shelters. But with the state threatening to end funding for the program, most advocates have joined the city to oppose the cuts.
ARTS and CULTURE
Controversy Over Alleged Muslim Radicalization Not New
Jarrett Murphy |
In 2007, the NYPD released a report about “the homegrown threat” that troubled local Muslim leaders by labeling innocuous behavior, like displaying concern for “the greater good,” as possible hallmarks of “jihadization.”
Bronx
Credits As Collateral: Schools Withhold Records If Debts Unpaid
Helen Zelon |
Some students transferring to public school arrive with no educational records because a private or parochial school has withheld them until tuition debts are paid.
