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Category: News

What’s Going to Happen with Work Advantage? Enter Round Three!

Posted on June 4, 2012 by admin in SurRealEstate
There’s a fight going on, and no one is ready to back down.  It’s between New York Legal Aid (on behalf of participants of the Work Advantage Program) and the City of New York, specifically the Department of Homeless Services. ..Read More

Quest for affordable housing to go online

Posted on June 5, 2012 by admin in Crain's New York
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Summer camp nursing ban is a head-scratcher

Posted on June 4, 2012 by admin in Times Union
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Judges Consider Whether NYC Is Under ‘Contract’ to Keep Rent Subsidies

Posted on May 30, 2012 by admin in New York Law Journal
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Weitz Studios Earns Two Silver Telly Awards for First Step Video

Posted on May 30, 2012 by admin in Press Release
NEW YORK, N.Y., May 30, 2012 — Weitz Studios is pleased to announce that the 33rd Annual Telly Awards’ Silver Council has selected its recent work for two Silver Telly Awards—one in the Charitable/Not-for-Profit category and the second in the Videogr ..Read More

Far from Home, Far from School

Posted on May 22, 2012 by admin in School Stories
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Cuomo Pushing City to End Food-Stamp Fingerprinting

Posted on May 18, 2012 by admin in New York Times
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Survey finds 23 percent rise in street homelessness in New York City

Posted on May 16, 2012 by admin in World Socialist Web Site
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Federal aid cuts worsen New York City budget woes

Posted on May 10, 2012 by admin in New York World
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