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NEWS & LETTERS, MAY 2003
Welfare rights victory
New York--In a major victory for the welfare rights
movement in New York City, the city council passed a law giving most recipients
the right to some education and training instead of merely drudge work in return
for welfare benefits. The council had to overrule Mayor Bloomberg's veto of the
legislation; Bloomberg wants to carry on the draconian welfare rules instigated
by former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani that required long hours of work without any
opportunity for education or training. Local welfare rights organizations have made the right
to education a focal point of their campaigns since the federal law was
overhauled in 1996 and "workfare" became compulsory. The victory runs
contrary to the general direction of federal law but is not prohibited by it.
The change, though, will not benefit most recipients. --Poverty activist |
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