by Pat Hartman | Oct 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
In Maspeth, which is part of Queens in New York City, a Holiday Inn became a homeless shelter. In April, some locals sued the mayor on technical grounds related to the building’s certificate of occupancy, but apparently an uneasy truce is now in effect. But the...
by Pat Hartman | Oct 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
On September 25, the president tweeted, “Texas & Florida are doing great.” However, it seems that some areas are experiencing and expecting even more flooding. And desolation is widespread. Many people are experiencing homelessness for the first time. For some it...
by Pat Hartman | Sep 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
Late in May 2015, frequent Huffington Post contributor Arlene Nisson Lassin wrote about the Memorial Day flood in her area of Houston that affected about 4,000 houses, one of which belonged to her family. A series of posts described 99 varieties of pain — from the...
by Pat Hartman | Sep 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Let’s talk some more about the history and implications of the minimum wage and the sub-minimum wage. What we’re after here is to encourage people to sign the Petition to Support Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities. The TIME Act (H.R. 1377, short for...
by Pat Hartman | Sep 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
The minimum wage was created in 1938 immediately following the Great Depression. It is set by the federal government, although a state or city can adjust it upward, but not downward. The whole point of the minimum wage was to ensure that if a person put in 40 units...
by Pat Hartman | Sep 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), enacted in 1938, allowed for the granting of Special Wage Certificates, so that both companies and nonprofits could pay disabled people less, because of being less productive. Recently, House the Homeless urged readers to consider...
