The DA's Office is in the midst of an investigation aimed at the Waldron Terrace Housing Complex in Central Nyack and have hit pay dirt as the seven defendants — who range in age from 26 to 55 — are accused of stealing over $ 300,000 in benefits, and for falsifying applications submitted to, the Village of Nyack Housing Authority and the Rockland County Department of Social Services between 2002 and 2012, making it possible for each to fraudulently receive
a variety of public assistance benefits.
Not exact matches
The organizations and agencies listed in the Directory offer a wide
variety of programs and services, including ESL and civics classes, citizenship
assistance and legal advice,
public benefits and health insurance access, employment training and job placement, youth activities and senior centers, and immigrant rights and civic engagement projects.
As an intern, you will have the opportunity to work on a wide
variety of matters such as: appropriations, fiscal law and financial management; acquisitions, financial
assistance and
public private partnerships; innovative financing; real property and asset management; information technology investment and capital planning; employee ethical conduct, conflicts
of interest and political activities; equal employment opportunity and other civil rights matters; Federal personnel and employment; and alternative dispute resolution.
A
variety of studies and surveys evidence that while large organizations, such as corporations and
public sector bodies, and high net worth individuals are able to obtain legal
assistance, most low and middle income individuals as well as small businesses are all but shut out
of the legal market.
Before joining the National Campaign, she spent 12 years as senior analyst at the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, Office
of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, where she developed and oversaw studies on a wide
variety of issues related to family formation, poverty and
public assistance.
An attorney works on - site at the clinic, providing legal
assistance and representation for People's patients on a
variety of issues, including
public benefits (Social Security and disability, Medicare / Medicaid, TANF, SNAP, etc.); housing (Section 8, subsidized housing, habitability, etc.); advance directives (powers
of attorney, wills and living wills); guardianship and kinship care; and immigration.