More than half all New Yorkers who apply for food stamps are waiting and waiting for a response. The federal money is there, but the city has been slow to process the applications and get it to those in need. DaveCarlinTV reports.
-- More than half all New Yorkers who apply for SNAP benefits, more commonly known as food stamps, are waiting and waiting for a response.
Henry Robinson of East New York, Brooklyn said he knows firsthand the system is difficult to navigate. "If you don't have the people in place to operate the programs, the programs don't work," City Councilman Lincoln Restler said. He says during the de Blasio administration, HRA staffing was about 15,000. Now it's down to 10,000, with a 20% vacancy rate.
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