The Nation - News from Oct. 21, 1985
The state will soon require New York’s more than 220,000 employable welfare recipients to work or enter job training programs and cut benefits for any who refuse to comply, Department of Social Services officials said. Social Services Commissioner Cesar Perales said it was the most comprehensive program in the nation and was designed to make welfare recipients “self-sufficient.”
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