Sentences with phrase «new food stamp program»

Appearing with City Councilmember Margaret Chin and New Amsterdam Market founder Robert LaValva, the speaker praised a new food stamp program at the market (which the Council is helping to fund).

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And particularly when programs are being cut for food stamps and for child care and for education, particularly in the areas for the poorest New Yorkers... I think that this legislation makes a lot of sense, and it's going to be good for our state.»

More New Yorkers are now eligible for nutritional benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), what used to be called food stamps.

Governor Andrew Cuomo seems not to fear being called the food stamp governor - he's proposing ways that more New Yorkers in need can access the federal program.

Phelan Bopp says New York State has one of the lowest food stamp participation rates in the nation, with just 68 % of those eligible actually signing up for the program, and she believes part of the reason is the fingerprinting requirement.

«Requiring New Yorkers to submit their fingerprints has stigmatized the food stamp program and prevented vital federal money from flowing into our state and putting food on the tables of seniors, families, and children.

The Kinderhook Republican, who faces a wide field of Democratic contenders itching to limit his career on Capitol Hill to one term, says he believes SNAP — Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as food stamps are now called — is «an essential program for many families» in New York, including his 19th Congressional District in the Hudson Valley and CatProgram as food stamps are now called — is «an essential program for many families» in New York, including his 19th Congressional District in the Hudson Valley and Catprogram for many families» in New York, including his 19th Congressional District in the Hudson Valley and Catskills.

A coalition of more than 100 nonprofit community service organizations is urging New York's congressional delegation to reject proposed budget cuts to food stamps, Medicaid and other social programs.

Katko also did not like the budget's proposed cuts of billions of dollars from Medicaid and the federal food stamp program, which would shift the burden to states like New York.

Bourguignon, a recipient of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) and other public assistance, falsely reported that she was unemployed, when she was, in fact, working for Creston Electronics of Bergen County, New Jersey, the charges say.

The New Yorkers affected by this cut — in what used to be known as the «food stamps» program — include more than 1.2 million children and over 1 million elderly and disabled individuals.

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There will be no net cuts to overall food stamp funding, said the lawmaker, who believes recipients will benefit from training opportunities in states with strong pre-existing programs like New York.

Perps allegedly turned food stamps into money stamps BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City — Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe announced on Tuesday that 26 defendants were being charged with defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) out of tens of thousands of dollars in food stamp benefits.

«A majority of New Yorkers are willing to bite the higher tax bullet if national expenditures on programs like Medicaid and food stamps are reduced,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

«We are confident that the integrity of the food stamp program will be maintained and are pleased New Yorkers will no longer be forced to go through this process,» they said in their statement.

In a new op - ed for the Wall Street Journal, musician and author Moby, who received food stamps as a child, proposes a solution: «A better approach would be to focus the program on cheap, healthy foods like beans, vegetables, fruit and whole grains.

Congress is attempting to craft a new quadrennial farm bill that covers both agriculture programs and the Supplemental Nutrition Program, also known as food stamps.