Commentary
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Commentary
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Affordable Housing in Crisis
New York Times
May 22, 2004
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Banking on Local Communities
New York Times
April 15, 2004 -
Time to wage war in Albany
New York Daily News
March 28, 2004 -
Bush's rent-aid cuts would be a disaster
New York Daily News
March 25, 2004 -
BUSH'S NUMBERS ADD UP TO MORE HOMELESSNESS
Mercury News
March 23, 2004 -
There is no middle ground in mental-health parity
The Record
March 19 2004 -
No More Excuses on Jobs
New York Times
March 12, 2004 -
Get 'em health care
Newsday
March 12, 2004 -
Egan must go the max for the minimum
New York Daily News March 11, 2004 -
Promises, Promises
New York Times
March 9, 2004 -
A Plague for the Young Homeless
New York Times
March 8, 2004 -
Bush jobless recovery hits middle class
New York Daily News March 7, 2004 -
There is More Welfare to Reform
New York Times
March 6, 2004
Commentary Archive
2004
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Total Poverty Awareness
New York Times
February 21, 2004 -
Squeezing the Poor for Votes
New York Times
February 18, 2004 -
Less help for the homeless
The Boston Globe
February 18, 2004 -
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
New York Times
February 10, 2004 -
Give working poor a pay raise
New York Daily News
February 8, 2004 -
Torture in The Box
Albany Times Union
February 6, 2004 -
Is having a home a right?
Christian Science Monitor
February 04, 2004 -
The Pinocchio Budget
New York Times
February 3, 2004 -
An Assault on Housing Vouchers
New York Times
January 20, 2004 -
Rent Control as an Urban Elixir
New York Times
January 19, 2004 -
Heartless Marriage Plans
New York Times
January 17, 2004 -
Church Sends Christ Into Cold
Newsday
January 15, 2004 -
Congress owes unemployed a big payback
New York Daily News
January 4, 2004 -
Homeless in America, Yes, Today
New York Times
January 2, 20042003
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Pork Shortage for the Homeless
New York Times
December 27, 2003 -
Congress Gives Lump of Coal to Unemployed
Newsday
December 23, 2003 -
Hard Lives, Hard Choices
New York Times
December 21, 2003 -
Change the Channel
New York Times
December 19, 2003 -
Juan Gonzalez: Marathon Man's race to save kids
New York Daily News
December 16, 2003 -
Callous Congress Quits, Without New Aid for Jobless
Newsday
December 15, 2003 -
Pay Pataki $5.15 an hour
New York Daily News
December 9, 2003 -
No Cheer for the Unemployed
New York Times
December 9, 2003 -
Elusive Helping Hands in the City
New York Times
December 5, 2003 -
A New Kind Of Poverty
Newsweek
December 1, 2003 -
The Unemployment Myth
New York Times
November 30, 2003 -
Don't Rush to Evict Homeless From Shelters
Newsday
July 22, 2003 -
Up and Off the Streets
New York Times
June 9, 2003 -
Legislating NIMBY
Gotham Gazette
May, 2003 -
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
New York Times
April 22, 2003 -
The city's hungry can't afford cuts
New York Daily News
April 17, 2003 -
The Mayor's Mistake on Workfare
New York Times
April 15, 2003 -
War and Homelessness
Safety Net Online
March 19, 2003 -
Mayor's homeless plan won't work
New York Daily News
February 26, 2003 -
Bloomberg Pursues Plan to Eject Homeless Men and Women from Shelters to the Streets
Safety Net Online
February 20, 2003 -
Shelter, as Distinct From Tax Shelter
New York Times Editorial
February 15, 2003 -
Add to city's Medicaid rolls? In the long term, it saves money
New York Daily News
February 12, 2003 -
The Pataki Plan for the Mentally Ill
New York Times
February 1, 2003 -
Homeless shelter provides a roof, warmth and hope
The Saratogian
January 31, 2003 -
Getting the Courts Out of the Shelters
New York Times Editorial
January 18, 2003 -
Assessing Mayor Bloomberg
New York Times Editorial
January 2, 2003
2002
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Mayor Bloomberg Brings Housing Home
New York Times Editorial
December 27, 2002 -
Evicting the Homeless
Gotham Gazette
December 16, 2002 -
New York's Mental Health Morass
New York Times Editorial
November 20, 2002 -
Housing the Homeless Mentally Ill
New York Times Editorial
September 21, 2002
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Special Report: City Plans Appeal of Court Decision that Protects Right to Shelter (pdf)
Safety Net
Summer 2002
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Facing Up to the Housing Crisis
New York Times Editorial
July 5, 2002
2001
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New York Needs a Place to Live
New York Times
July 20, 2001
2000
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Toward A Sensible Homeless Policy
New York Times Editorial
February 25, 2000
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A Cold Wind Blows
New York Times
January 24, 2000
1999
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The Politics of Homelessness
New York Times Editorial
December 2, 1999
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Bullying the Homeless
New York Times
November 29, 1999
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Blueprint for Tragedy
New York Times
November 1, 1999
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Misguided Shelter Reform
New York Times Editorial
October 28, 1999
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Mr. Pataki's Public Safety Failure
New York Times Editorial
May 25, 1999
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After Kendra Webdale's Death
New York Times Editorial
January 8, 1999
1996
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Careful Screening for the Homeless
New York Times Editorial
December 10, 1996
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Screening for Homelessness
New York Times Editorial
August 28, 1996
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Worse Than Animal Housing
New York Times Editorial
May 17, 1996

