Progress Report on Poverty
Friday, April 18, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg set high targets for his administration to reduce poverty two years ago. Reporter Neil deMause looks at how much progress has been made in the next issue of City Limits Investigates. We also hear from Linda Gibbs, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services.
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I'm not sure we should keep striving to subsidize people to live in the most expensive area of the country (I mean housing, more than emergency food assistance). It just seems counter productive and increases costs for others who are struggling to get by, but choose not to milk the system.
I think the emphasis should not be on ease of obtaining public assistance, but on fraud prevention which is rampant. Also, these services should not be easy to get, but truly a last resort and not an expectation. People in these programs have a tendency make sure they stay on them.
This is the first time that I hear "program evaluation" mentioned on the show
john, 2
saw Bloomberg and schwarzenegger on charlie rose last night trying hard to breath life into DOA Northeast, west GOP
Would you say Bloomberg is the independent inheritor of Rockefeller Republicanism?
The mayors primary policy to reduce poverty has been to force poor people of color out of the city, look at the neighborhoods that have lost Black, Puerto Rican residents and other people of color and replaced with white people with higher incomes. Under the guise of the gentrification policies. Applaud the success, great job Bloomberg.
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