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Under the Federal Welfare Reform Law, the power to care for the poor shifted directly to the states. On this episode of Urban Agenda, host, David R. Jones, President of the Community Service Society of New York, welcomes Jeffrion Aubry, New York State Assemblyman, as well as Liz Krueger, associate director of the Food Resource Center. The three discuss how New York is addressing poverty, in addition to welfare initiatives that could potentially make a large difference in the near future.