Now that the House of Representatives has torpedoed the Wall Street bailout bill, maybe they’ll be ready to consider the modest proposal I put forth in this week’s Metro column: Washington scrambled this past week to approve a $700 billion … Continue reading
New York is looking to take advantage of new federal welfare regulations to expand access to education and training. But will it be tripped up by budget woes and bureaucratic foot-dragging? New federal rules are opening the door for New … Continue reading
I’ve written about the scene at the Project FAIR help desk for welfare recipients before; today I tell the stories of two women I met last week that exemplify how trying to jump through welfare’s nonsensical hoops can be a … Continue reading
There’s nothing more exciting than a new formula for calculating the poverty rate! Or at least so says New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who last week became the latest to put forth his own ideas (okay, actually those of Mark … Continue reading
Soaring food prices, like soaring oil prices, are hitting hardest those who can least afford it, as well as the emergency food providers set up to help them: With the price of a loaf of bread approaching that of a … Continue reading
My monster 10,000-word investigation of New York Mayor Bloomberg’s poverty initiatives is finally out today in the Spring issue of City Limits Investigates. To read it, you need to go to the City Limits website and either cough up $7.95 … Continue reading
The Brian Lehrer Show has archived my appearance yesterday, debating deputy mayor Linda Gibbs on New York’s poverty policies; you can listen to the mp3 here. They’ve even helpfully broken up the archive into segments, so you can hear my … Continue reading
I’ll be on the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC in New York at 10 am on Friday, talking about my investigation of Mayor Bloomberg’s poverty initiatives in the soon-to-be-released Spring issue of City Limits Investigates. Tune in on 93.9 FM, … Continue reading
After a week off, I’m back in Metro today with a look at New York City’s best-kept secret for tax day: With tax day coming up tomorrow, Judith Rubinstein is a bundle of energy, spreading the word about the tax … Continue reading
Another op-ed in today’s Metro NY that’s somewhat akin to what I wrote for them – it’s not my headline, I know that the economic term “leakage” is a phenomenon and not a quantity of money, and the only time … Continue reading