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April 21, 2006
Judge says NYC program unfairly penalized disabled
A city program that was supposed to offer extra help to welfare recipients with physical or mental disabilities became a logistical nightmare for some of them, a federal judge said.
U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ruled late Wednesday that New York's WeCARE program also unfairly discriminated against disabled people by forcing them stop using regular neighborhood welfare offices and travel instead to one of three special "disabled only" service centers.
Posted by Michelle at April 21, 2006 12:52 PM