NYLAG submitted comments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Program Design Branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture about proposed changes that would limit eligibility for the program.
The proposed changes would cause serious harm to low-income households, and would specifically affect working families, children and the elderly and disabled populations.
Abby Biberman, the Associate Director of the Public Benefits Unit at the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG), spoke before the New York City Council Committee on General Welfare about SNAP and Cash Assistance benefit delays.
Public Housing Justice Project Director Anna Luft and Staff Attorney Sophie Cohen represented NYLAG at City Hall to testify that NYCHA’s Physical Needs Assessment is no excuse to forgo repairs or privatize public housing.
NYLAG’s Deborah Berkman spoke to City Limits for this piece about how tens of thousands of New Yorkers have faced delays to their benefits applications, despite some strides made by the Human Resources Administration after NYLAG’s class action lawsuit in January 2023.
NYLAG’s Deborah Berkman testified before the New York City Council Committees on General Welfare and Immigration about the harms of a recently implemented 60-day limit on shelter stays for adult migrants.
This Pix11 story covers a court order secured by NYLAG, Legal Aid Society, and Dechert LLP requiring the City to eliminate all SNAP and Cash Assistance delays that have long contributed to food insecurity for low-income New Yorkers.
NYLAG, Legal Aid Society, and Dechert secured a court order requiring the City to eliminate all SNAP and Cash Assistance delays that have long contributed to food insecurity for low-income New Yorkers.
