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Dillonna Lewis of the Welfare Rights Initiative, an advocacy group for CUNY students receiving public assistance based at Hunter College, told City Limits that being able to count homework time as work time, in particular, is "going to be huge," especially for the 90 percent of her group's members who are currently juggling school, work and raising a child. But she echoed worries that commitments of change from Albany won't mean much on the ground unless local agencies like HRA are forced to get on board.
"It's one thing to have a 'sea change,' but you have to bring the counties to the table," said Lewis. "The folks who are at the front line, the case workers, if they don't have a different way of interacting, not much is going to change."
