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“I didn’t like lettuce before I took the class,” Allison Merlos, 10, said of a nutrition workshop for kids she took last year through the long-standing SNAP-Ed, which is slated…

ByDaniel Parra 2Comments

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Mar 2026

Featured Government Health Housing and Homelessness Politics Resources

What You Need to Know: New SNAP Work Requirements in NYC

New work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, took effect on March 1. Around 123,000 New Yorkers will have to comply with the…

ByDaniel Parra 3Comments

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Feb 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Justice NYCHA

Legal Groups Appeal in Push for Feds to Replace Stolen SNAP Benefits

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of several New Yorkers who had their EBT accounts drained through skimming—a type of electronic fraud in which card data is stolen.

ByDaniel Parra 5Comments

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Jan 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Hochul Pledges to Combat Food Stamp Theft, Expand Rent Freeze Programs

In her annual State of the State address, the governor laid out dozens of proposals to “make life more affordable” for New Yorkers. She pledged to raise the income threshold…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 6Comments

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Dec 2025

Government Health Housing and Homelessness Resources

What’s Next for New Yorkers on SNAP?

New Yorkers who rely on federal food assistance could see more program disruptions in upcoming months, New York Focus reports.

ByJie Jenny Zou, New York Focus 1Comment

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Nov 2025

Economy Featured Government Homelessness In Depth NYCHA Politics

‘Not a Good Feeling’: How Delayed SNAP Benefits Impacted New Yorkers

While the federal government has officially reopened, local SNAP recipients had to navigate empty refrigerators and cabinets for more than a week. Now, work requirements imposed by the Trump administration…

ByDaniel Parra 7Comments

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Oct 2025

Government Health Housing and Homelessness Immigration Labor Resources

SNAP Is Set To Be Frozen in November. Here’s What New Yorkers Need to Know.

The federal government shutdown and new work requirements will throw New York’s food stamps program into chaos, New York Focus reports.

ByJie Jenny Zou, New York Focus 7Comments

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Oct 2025

Economy Featured Government Health Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations NYCHA

More Than $14 Million in SNAP Benefits Have Been Stolen From New Yorkers After Reimbursement Program’s End

This year alone, thousands of low-income New Yorkers have had benefits stolen from their EBT cards, which allow them to buy food at certain stores. “It was very hard,” one…

ByDaniel Parra 14Comments

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Oct 2025

Government Health Housing and Homelessness

Surprise Trump Move Will Upend New York Food Stamps

New York counties thought they had months to prepare to implement SNAP work requirements. Now, they have weeks.

ByJie Jenny Zou, New York Focus 1Comment

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Jun 2025

Economy Government Health Housing and Homelessness Politics

SNAP Under Attack: What Federal Cuts to Food Aid Would Mean for NYC

“Food and housing are absolutely related,” NYC Department of Social Services Commissioner Molly Wasow Park tells City Limits. “When people are in a choice between paying for food or paying…

ByMariana De Jesús-Szendrey 16Comments

Federal Cuts Will End Nutrition Education Program for New Yorkers on SNAP

What You Need to Know: New SNAP Work Requirements in NYC

Legal Groups Appeal in Push for Feds to Replace Stolen SNAP Benefits

Hochul Pledges to Combat Food Stamp Theft, Expand Rent Freeze Programs

What’s Next for New Yorkers on SNAP?

‘Not a Good Feeling’: How Delayed SNAP Benefits Impacted New Yorkers

SNAP Is Set To Be Frozen in November. Here’s What New Yorkers Need to Know.

More Than $14 Million in SNAP Benefits Have Been Stolen From New Yorkers After Reimbursement Program’s End

Surprise Trump Move Will Upend New York Food Stamps

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