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...court has taken up the plight of the young, recognizing in an unusual and potentially groundbreaking decision a new civil right to be green. Earlier this year, the supreme court of New Jersey unanimously ruled that Michael Sisler, 31, can proceed with an age-discrimination suit against Bergen Commercial Bank in Paramus, N.J. The case will go to trial in the near future, but it began in 1993, when Sisler was an employee at New Era, a local bank his grandfather had founded. As Sisler tells the story in court papers, chairman Anthony Bruno of Bergen Commercial, a larger financial...
These are euphoric times for welfare reform. The rolls have plunged nationwide--down 48% in the past six years, to a 30-year low. And two-thirds of those exiting the system have taken jobs, according to state studies. Last week's Welfare to Work conference in Chicago, which President Clinton addressed, was a three-day lovefest between advocates for welfare recipients and labor-strapped companies seeking to hire them. Among the most surreal moments: a session on "Finding Welfare Recipients for Your Training Programs," at which social workers bellyached that in these boom times there just aren't enough...
...also said the Desirs--who were released on $25 bail each, paid by the EFZ---had been injured by police officers as they were arrested. The couple was taken to Cambridge Hospital and Ms. Desir is wearing a sling...
Strollo said the state has not taken any new action against Lasaga as a result of the most recent incident, but said his office was currently investigating the matter...
Strollo said the state has not taken any new action against Lasaga as a result of the most recent incident, but said his office was currently investigating the matter...