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New York Food Stamps

Michael McAuliff

Senator Makes Emotional Plea To Save Food Aid For Kids

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 08.06.2012 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand took to the Senate floor Wednesday in an emotional bid to stave off $4.5 billion in cuts to programs that feed t...

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New York's Families Need Minimum Wage Increase

Gordon Campbell | Posted 07.11.2012 | New York
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Gordon Campbell

The Occupy Wall Street movement has drawn the nation's attention to these economic issues, starting a necessary dialogue, but we need legislative action to help those toiling away for next to nothing.

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We Need to Change New York City's Discriminatory Food Stamp Application Process

Christine C. Quinn | Posted 12.17.2011 | New York
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Christine C. Quinn

Continuing to require struggling New Yorkers to submit to finger imaging is an impractical obstacle that has kept eligible applicants from enrolling in a public assistance program that would help alleviate their hardship.

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Number Of New Yorkers On Food Stamps Reaches Record High

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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The number of New Yorkers needing food stamps is growing rapidly. Three million people now count on food stamps to survive in the state. That's an 11...

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