On Sat Nov 20 1999, Doug Henwood said:
> The latest eruption of NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani: after a pedestrian
> was badly beaten with a brick last week, he's decided to crack down
> on the homeless. This follows upon a new policy a couple of weeks ago
> of requiring homeless people to work if they want accommodation in
> one of the city's horrific shelters.
I love the way Mary Brosnahan, later on in the article, read the two policies together:
"Where's the logic here?" said Ms. Brosnahan. "We're going to round
them up and bring them to a shelter, and if they refuse work,
they're going to be thrown back on the streets?"
Michael
__________________________________________________________________________ Michael Pollak................New York City..............mpollak at panix.com