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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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Feb 2022

Lo que necesita saber sobre: ¿Cómo familias de estatus migratorio mixto pueden acceder a SNAP?

En abril, la OTDA emitirá pagos adicionales para comida de $730 dólares a los hogares que tienen tanto un adulto de 55 años o más como un niño de 17…

ByDaniel Parra 3Comments

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Dec 2021

Economy Government

Heightened Food Insecurity in NYC Likely to Persist Long After Pandemic Wanes, Experts Say

The pandemic worsened the hunger crisis for many New Yorkers, though more severe impacts were staved off by COVID relief programs. But need is expected to rise again, as government…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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Mar 2021

Economy Health Podcasts

COVID-19’s Unrelenting Impact on Hunger in New York City

A top nutrition advocate says the pandemic exacerbated a significant hunger crisis in the city. And a year later, it is still exacerbating it—although the federal stimulus package will deliver…

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Nov 2020

Economy Government Health

Big Response, Huge Need: NYC’s Welfare System Amid COVID-19

The city’s social safety net has stretched to address the economic disaster created by the pandemic. It might have further to go.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Nov 2020

Government Opinion

Opinion: What Do Biden and Trump Counties Have in Common? High Poverty

‘We need a clearheaded new approach, based on the reality that the majority of struggling Americans could climb out—and stay out—of poverty, but only with significant help.’

ByJoel Berg 0Comments

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Aug 2020

Economy Video

Video Shows NYC Pantry’s Work: Should Billionaires Get the Bill?

A group of lawmakers and their advocacy allies are hoping to change that, with a law that creates a fund for excluded workers and pays for it with a tax…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jul 2020

Opinion

Opinion: How Domestic Hunger Became a Partisan Issue

‘Most Democrats in Congress support increasing hunger funding while the vast majority of House Republicans, and most Senate Republicans, support such reductions. Hunger is now as partisan as gun control…

ByJoel Berg 0Comments

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Apr 2020

Economy Education Podcasts

DOE Chancellor on What’s Next for City Schools Amid COVID

A leading anti-hunger advocate also joined Max & Murphy to talk about how SNAP benefits and food pantries can be reinforced to address COVID’s economic fallout.

ByJarrett Murphy 16Comments

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Apr 2019

Economy

Trump Admin.’s Food Stamp Move Could Cost City Economy $150M

Waivers that exempt able-bodied adults in areas of higher unemployment from food-stamp work rules encourage dependency, conservatives say. But local experts contend the cost of withdrawing those waivers will exceed…

ByLeslie Gersing 6Comments

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