Welfare
AXE-MAN TURNER OVERDRIVE: HRA CHIEF MERGES AND PURGES
K. Johnson and K. McGowan |
Welfare boss Jason Turner is rebuilding the agency to his specifications–and advocates are worried.
Staten Island
BIG VAC ATTACK
Molly McCoy |
City agencies are supposed to help applicants register to vote, but weak regulations mean the Mayor can subvert the process.
Bronx
BATTLING HEALTH UNIONS BURY THE HATCHET WITH PACT
Michael Hirsch |
A nurse job-training initiative signals the end of a long-running animosity between two of New York City’s strongest health-care unions.
Welfare
RUDY'S WELFARE BOAST BELIED BY BOOST IN SSI CLAIMS
Andrew White |
The city’s drop in the welfare rolls has been almost entirely offset by increases in other sources of public assistance.
Welfare
INS & OUTS: GRIMM REAPS, LEAR JETS
Kemba Johnson |
Hirings and firings in the nonprofit and government realms.
Welfare
AIDS WELFARE HURDLE FALLS
Kemba Johnson |
New York City now requires a lengthy process for people to prove they’re worthy of welfare–but a judge says its unfair to make HIV-positive recipients jump through the hoop.
Bronx
WORKFARE'S NEW JOB TITLE
Carl Vogel |
The city is offering more workfare slots to nonprofits, but there are new standards, too.
Bronx
CARNEVALE CRUISES TO HRA?
Kemba Johnson |
Hirings and firings in the nonprofit and government worlds.
Welfare
BIG BROTHER'S A PROBLEM FOR A.C.S. COMPUTERIZATION
Carl Vogel |
A plan to link the computers of every child welfare system in the state means that families won’t feel secure enough to come in for voluntary counseling, advocates say.
Welfare
CONTRACT HIT ON WELFARE
Andrew White and Joe Gould |
Small nonprofits cry foul over the latest job-placement contract announced by the city’s welfare agency last week.
