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Timely processing rates plummeted to under 30 percent for cash assistance applications and under 40 percent for SNAP for the fiscal year ending in June, according to the latest Mayor’s…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Aug 2023

New Yorkers See Uneven Improvement in Food Stamp, Cash Assistance Delays

“If you get cash assistance, you are caught up in really significant delays, in a way that you would not be if you were only receiving SNAP,” said Katie Kelleher…

ByJulia Goldberg

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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May 2023

Economy Government Opinion Politics

Opinion: Targeting SNAP With Work Requirements Misses the Point

“The focus on cutting life-saving programs like SNAP as a method to reduce the government debt is disingenuous, at best, and self-serving and cynical at worst. Taxing the rich would…

ByBrad Martin 2Comments

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Dec 2022

Government

As NYC’s Food Stamp Crisis Worsens, State Agency Withholds Relief

Over half of New York City food stamp applicants are forced to wait for their benefits to arrive as staff at the understaffed Human Resources Administration fail to keep pace…

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

19

Dec 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

Over Half of NYC’s Food Stamp Applicants Left Waiting as Staffing Shortage Deepens

The Human Resources Administration (HRA) is promptly processing just 46.3 percent of applications for SNAP benefits, commonly known as food stamps, the agency told councilmembers at a committee hearing on…

ByDavid Brand

ByMariam Hydara 5Comments

10

Nov 2022

Economy Government

40% of NYC Food Stamp Applicants Left Waiting for Benefits, Data Shows

The city’s Human Resources Administration (HRA) failed to promptly process four of every 10 applications for the benefits during fiscal year 2022, when the rate of timely processing plummeted from…

ByDavid Brand 6Comments

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Sep 2021

Economy Education Opinion

Opinion: How NYC Families Can Donate Their Pandemic Food Benefits

‘If our most affluent public school families choose to donate the value of their P-EBT card, New York City charities could reap as much as $150 million.’

ByDavid Rubel 0Comments

NYC Failing to Process Most Food Stamp, Cash Benefit Applications on Time

New Yorkers See Uneven Improvement in Food Stamp, Cash Assistance Delays

Opinion: Targeting SNAP With Work Requirements Misses the Point

As NYC’s Food Stamp Crisis Worsens, State Agency Withholds Relief

Over Half of NYC’s Food Stamp Applicants Left Waiting as Staffing Shortage Deepens

40% of NYC Food Stamp Applicants Left Waiting for Benefits, Data Shows

Opinion: How NYC Families Can Donate Their Pandemic Food Benefits

Newsletter

NYC Failing to Process Most Food Stamp, Cash Benefit Applications on Time

New Yorkers See Uneven Improvement in Food Stamp, Cash Assistance Delays

Opinion: Targeting SNAP With Work Requirements Misses the Point

As NYC’s Food Stamp Crisis Worsens, State Agency Withholds Relief

Over Half of NYC’s Food Stamp Applicants Left Waiting as Staffing Shortage Deepens

40% of NYC Food Stamp Applicants Left Waiting for Benefits, Data Shows

Opinion: How NYC Families Can Donate Their Pandemic Food Benefits

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