Members of the New York Senate are proposing legislation to bar welfare spending on various social vices including alcohol, cigarettes, and gambling. ...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York is poised to embark on a large economic development program, provide more assistance to the poor, and increase spending on pu...

The MTA may put welfare recipients to work, cleaning the city's trains and subways, in an effort to cut costs in wake of a large state deficit that ha...

The last time welfare recipients in New York saw an increase in their basic cash allowance, Derek Jeter was in high school, a subway token cost $1.15 ...

When I heard the state of New York is giving welfare payments a tiny bump up, I marveled at how welfare has vanished from the political debate.