70K New Yorkers could lose food stamps under Trump admin’s new rule
“This rule change is cold, heartless and despicable.”
The Trump administration has unveiled changes to the USDA’s SNAP program (formerly called food stamps), which may make roughly 70,000 low-income New York City residents ineligible for the program.
The cutbacks could hit Brooklyn hard, since Brooklyn has more SNAP recipients than any other borough in the city: roughly 580,000 in 2017, according to city data.
The new requirements will prevent many adults between the ages of 18 and 49 who are able-bodied and have no dependents from qualifying for the program.