Monthly Archives: May 2001

May 16, 2001. An article by Erika Rosenberg, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, related to a briefing prepared by the Campaign for the Empire State Jobs Program. New York needs a $190 million program to help thousands of families approaching the five-year time limit for receiving welfare benefits, advocates for the poor said yesterday. About 63,000 welfare cases -- including 2,095 in Monroe County -- are expected to hit a federal time limit in December, according to the latest state figures. The federal government imposed a [...]

May 16, 2001. An article by Elizabeth Benjamin, Albany Times-Union, related to a briefing prepared by the Campaign for the Empire State Jobs Program: a state-subsidized program would aid thousands reaching end of 5-year benefits limit. Labor unions and activists on Tuesday called on lawmakers to approve a $190 million program to provide 8,000 state-subsidized jobs for people who will hit a five-year time limit for federal welfare benefits in December. The program proposed in a bill sponsored by Sen. Nicholas Spano, R-Yonkers, and Assemblywoman [...]