Mayor Seeks to Put Homeless to Work

Homeless people who sleep in city shelters will have to work at city jobs or be expelled, New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani said. Critics of making workfare a condition to sleep in shelters say the move would force thousands into the streets. Under workfare, those who receive public aid are required to work at city jobs, including cleaning parks and performing clerical tasks, in exchange for their benefits. The workfare condition would require city-funded homeless shelters to expel any homeless adult or family cut from public assistance for failing to comply.