Steven Banks

Steven Banks appears in the following:

Exit Interview: DSS/DHS/HRA's Commissioner Banks

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Steven Banks discusses his tenure under the Bill de Blasio administration.

NYC Commissioner Calls Homeless Shelters 'A Ticking Time Bomb' During COVID

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Social Services Commissioner, Steven Banks, reflects on how the city has dealt with its homelessness crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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What Trump's 'Public Charge' Rule Would Mean For NYC

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

The new rule would deny green cards to immigrants who have received government benefits. This could affect 200,000 legal immigrants living in NYC. 

New York City 20 Years After Welfare Reform

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Hear a review of what has and hasn't worked for New Yorkers two decades since President Clinton signed off on welfare reform.

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Stemming New York City's 'Inherited' Homelessness Problem

Tuesday, December 08, 2015

Steven Banks, commissioner of New York City's Human Resources Administration, talks about his department's role in fighting the city's surge in homelessness.

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From Critic to the Man in Charge

Monday, April 14, 2014

Steven Banks, commissioner of the Human Resources Administration and former head of the Legal Aid Society, talks about his new role inside city government and the man in charge of the department that serves New Yorkers in need of housing, food and other forms of assistance and supervision.

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