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• A Troubled Reorganization at the Department for the Aging

  
  Public Advocate's Corner — Authority: 119
  MANHATTAN— A 2008 redesign of casemanagement services at the Department for the Aging (DFTA), launched toaccommodate a growing and increasingly diverse older population, left many casemanagement agencies with insufficient funding and large numbers of seniorswithout services. According to a survey released today by ...
  11 hours ago

• A Deeply Disappointing Outcome

  
  Public Advocate's Corner — Authority: 119
  Iam deeply disappointed that the State Senate today rejected a bill for marriageequality, denying a basic civil right to such a large population of New York residents.Senators Duane and Schneiderman must be applauded for their success in bringingthis bill to the floor—and everyone who voted ‘Yes’, in particular ...
  1 day ago

• Gotbaum Bill Would Protect New York Citys Watchdog Agencies

  
  Public Advocate's Corner — Authority: 119
  MANHATTAN — In an effort to strengthen and protect theindependent watchdog agencies in New Yor government, Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaumintroduced legislation that would establish fixed-minimum budgets for theOffice of the Public Advocate (OPA), the Conflicts of Interest Board (COIB),and the Civilian Complaints ...
  3 days ago

• Happy Birthday, Citymeals-on-Wheels

  
  Public Advocate's Corner — Authority: 119
  (Above: Gotbaum with Lilliam Barrios-Paoli, commissioner for the Department for the Aging, and Joyce Bove of NY Community Trust) Today, Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum attended the 23rd Annual Power Lunch for Women , hosted by Citymeals-on-Wheels . The event benefits the Citymeals program, which funds "30 ...
  1 week ago

• Gotbaum stepping into another high-stress job

  
  Muckety.com - Exploring the paths of power and influence — Authority: 129
  Joshua Gotbaum, recently nominated by President Obama to head the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, has big challenges awaiting him.
  2 weeks ago

• Gotbaums Final Annual Report Reflects on Two Terms of Accomplishments

  
  Public Advocate's Corner — Authority: 119
  Today, PublicAdvocate Betsy Gotbaum released her office’s 2009 annualreport . In order to cope with a 40% budget cut sustainedthis year, the Office decided not to print and mail copies of the report.Instead, the annual report will be eco-friendly, available online anddistributed through e-mail. Printed copies ...
  2 weeks ago

• Paid Sick Leave Comes to the Floor

  
  Public Advocate's Corner — Authority: 119
      At noon today, Public Advocate Gotbaum stood with Councilmember Gale Brewer, Borough President Scott Stringer, Gloria Steinem, and hundreds of advocates to voice support for a bill that will require paid sick days for workers to care for themselves or a loved one. With H1N1 flu cases on the rise, action is ...
  2 weeks ago

• Stripping the Stupak Amendment

  
  Public Advocate's Corner — Authority: 119
  Today, Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, activist Gloria Steinem, and other distinguished women leaders to protest the Stupak amendment to the House health reform bill. Gotbaum spoke out against the amendment last week, and today she reiterated her ...
  2 weeks ago

• 30 Years of Fighting Hunger

  
  Public Advocate's Corner — Authority: 119
  Last night, the West Side Campaign Against Hunger honored Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum at its 30th Anniversary Dinner. Gotbaum said: The West  Side Campaign Against Hunger does somuch more than just provide food to those who need it. Your cooking andwellness programs, and the counseling you do to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Pass Health Reform, But Not Like This

  
  Public Advocate's Corner — Authority: 119
  OnSaturday, the House of Representatives passeda landmark health care reform bill , 220-215, shifting focus to the Senate.If not for one amendment, such news would call for celebration. Unfortunately,the bill includes an amendment that would set strict, unprecedented restrictionson coverage for abortions under ...
  3 weeks ago

• Keep Fighting For Marriage Equality

  
  Public Advocate's Corner — Authority: 119
  Now that the State Senate has decided not to take upa marriage equality   bill today, I urge Senate Democrats to continuefighting for those final votes in the days ahead. I commend Senators Duane,Schneiderman and others working to make New York the next state to ensure marriage equality forits residents. They ...
  3 weeks ago

• Financier to Head Federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Unit

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  Joshua Gotbaum, a former chief of the September 11 Fund charity, had served in the administrations of Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.
  3 weeks ago

• Bellevue Natural-Birth Center, Haven for Poor Women, Closes

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  A room in the Birthing Center at Bellevue Hospital Center when it opened in 1998. The center closed recently.
  3 weeks ago

• The Budget and the Next Public Advocate

  
  Public Advocate's Corner — Authority: 119
  Uninformed sources have alleged that I didnothing to restrain spending in the wake of a devastating 40% budget cut to myoffice. This is demonstrably false.   The day Speaker Quinn approved this cut, Ilaid out several ways in which we could perform our charter-mandated functionswhile saving as much money as ...
  3 weeks ago

• Increasing Shortages at Food Pantries

  
  Public Advocate's Corner — Authority: 119
  “Foodpantries across the city are seeing longer lines” , reported the NY Timesearlier this month. A  dramatic increase in the number of people visiting foodpantries has caused severe shortages in pantries across the city. At locationslike the St. Francis of Assisi food pantry in Morris Heights,families and ...
  4 weeks ago

• Kudos to Costco!

  
  Public Advocate's Corner — Authority: 119
  Iwas so pleased to have been informed that Costco, the big-box retailer, has decided to accept Food  Stamps at all its stores nationwide, given its positiveexperience in New York City . Earlierthis year, I was among those who strongly urged Costco to accept Food Stamps at its new store in Manhattan, ...
  5 weeks ago

• New Report Reveals True Cost of Barriers to Benefits

  
  Public Advocate's Corner — Authority: 119
  Today, Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum released a new report which shows that the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) is frequently in error when it takes actions such as denying applications for public benefits or sanctioning low-income clients. The report charges that HRA may be too aggressive in taking ...
  5 weeks ago

• Todays New York Post Cover

  
  Public Advocate's Corner — Authority: 119
  Today’s cover makes it clear that the New YorkPost is eager to add gay-baiting to its tradition of tasteless, offensivehumor. Surely the Post could have found a better, and more convincing, way topoint out the Yankees’ superiority without suggesting that the Phillies are gay(“Only in the City of Brotherly ...
  5 weeks ago

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