Billy Idol Still Has Some Rebel Yell To Give
By CAROLINE McCAUGHEY
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Some lessons New York’s politicians seem incapable of learning. It appears that Mayor Bloomberg is headed for a run-in with the City Council over a bill that would turn back the clock on the successful Giuliani era approach to moving welfare recipients to work. The bill, Intro 93, which has passed the City Council, would instruct the city’s welfare agency to classify education, even homework, as “work” to the maximum extent allowable under state and federal law — setting the stage for a massive backslide from the Big Apple’s tough and effective welfare regulations. The mayor has signaled that he will veto this bill, but the Council likely has the votes to override.
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|Some lessons New York’s politicians seem incapable of learning. It appears that Mayor Bloomberg is headed for a run-in with the City Council over a bill that would turn back the clock on the successful Giuliani era approach to moving welfare recipients to work. The bill, Intro 93, which has passed the City Council, would instruct the city’s welfare agency to classify education, even homework, as “work” to the maximum extent allowable under state and federal law — setting the stage for a massive backslide from the Big Apple’s tough and effective welfare regulations. The mayor has signaled that he will veto this bill, but the Council likely has the votes to override.
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