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- First, a judge said begging in subways and terminals was OK; then a court said beggars could be banned. Everything had changed for these panhandlers and everything was still the same.
- On Thursday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that a ban on begging in the subway system is constitutional because panhandlers don't convey a social or political message.
- The Tenderloin is known for panhandlers, homeless people sleeping in doorways and on benches, and a tent city outside the U.S. Health Department office demanding more federal funding to fight AIDS.
- Gregory Borrelli, president of the association, said he started the program to give panhandlers "hope and dignity." Hope and dignity aside, merchants have been irked by panhandlers, fearing they are driving away business.
- Gregory Borrelli, president of the association, said he started the program to give panhandlers "hope and dignity." Hope and dignity aside, merchants have been irked by panhandlers, fearing they are driving away business.
- In any event, after a not uninteresting inquiry into this emerging issue, the Post raised some disconcerting questions: "If the economy sickens, could the ranks of panhandlers everywhere do anything but grow?
- Mayor Tony Senecal, looking to cut down on the number of beggars in town, wants to charge panhandlers $25 every six months.
- Mayor Edward I. Koch has announced an advertising campaign to encourage people to give money to charities rather than to panhandlers because, he says, most beggars are trying to rip people off.