So these folks aren't sitting home and just collecting a check. They have to be out looking for work, looking for a job.
So what I would suggest to all my colleagues, they are not down on Wall Street, protesting, or anywhere in this country protesting, because ...
Deny them unemployment insurance, deny them that, maybe deny their ability to keep their home and pay for their kids to grow up properly, yo...
My office frequently hears from our constituency about navigating the Social Security benefits, the disability system, and, quite frankly, i...
You mentioned the Affordable Care Act and the opportunity it gives disabled individuals to receive health care without having to rely upon p...
If that were to be repealed, which many of my colleagues on the other side would like to see happen, what would be the fallout from that?
In a perfect world, if the Ticket to Work program worked perfectly, there would still be a need for SSI and SSDI benefits; is that not corre...
If New York was required to drug test every TANF applicant and recipient, that would most likely leave less money for treatment programs lik...
I have introduced Child First Act to increase funding for child-care subsidies so the parents are better able to access child care.
I think the Nation has a lot to learn in terms of what is happening in New York today in terms of TANF and drug treatment.
I think the country has a lot to learn what New York is doing.