food-stamp

Current rules bar food-stamp recipients from using benefits to buy alcohol and cigarettes.

Gillibrand Not Sweet On Sugary Drinks Plan Devlin Barrett 2010

The proposed change would be a two-year trial, during which the city would study the impact and whether it was improving the eating habits of food-stamp recipients.

Gillibrand Not Sweet On Sugary Drinks Plan Devlin Barrett 2010

Council Member Gale Brewer, a Manhattan Democrat, said the council has received reports of a food-stamp center in the Bronx with an average applicant wait time of four to five hours.

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There are about 1.7 million food-stamp recipients in New York City, and federal officials say nationally about 6% of food-stamp purchases are sugary beverages.

Gillibrand Not Sweet On Sugary Drinks Plan Devlin Barrett 2010

At the end of 2007, before the recession, there was one worker for every 549 food-stamp cases; at the end of last year—when there were more than 1.8 million food-stamp recipients in the city—the ratio was one worker for every 852 cases.

Wait Persists For Food Aid Michael Howard Saul 2012

The city is scheduled to hire 49 additional food-stamp eligibility workers and 50 employment specialists in February, Ms. Smith said.

Wait Persists For Food Aid Michael Howard Saul 2012

And one in 50 Americans now lives in a household with a reported income that consists of nothing but a food-stamp card.

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The average food-stamp recipient receives $133 a month.

A Super Bowl of Greed Al Lewis 2011

Although the ranks of food-stamp recipients in New York City have swelled significantly since the economic downturn, the number of case workers has not kept pace with the increase, a city official said Tuesday.

Wait Persists For Food Aid Michael Howard Saul 2012

Minnesota officials failed in 2004 to win approval for a plan to stop food-stamp users from buying sweetened drinks and candy.

City Details Soda Plan Suzanne Sataline 2010