Soaring rents and spiraling prices for energy and other necessities are forcing New York’s poorest residents to make tough choices, according to advocates and lawmakers.
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The state Constitution, Radbord said, makes it clear that care for the needy is an obligation of the state and its subdivisions.Further, Radbord said, only 18.9% of family assistance recipients — households with children — are residing in federally subsidized housing or receive Section 8 grants that go to their rent. Meanwhile, rents have skyrocketed in many communities, and many people can’t find housing they can afford.
Finkel suggested the state could do more to ensure people entitled to benefits such as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food stamps are getting those benefits. She estimated about a third of older New Yorkers who are eligible for food stamps are not getting them. Rosenthal said the state’s main welfare agency, the Office of Temporary Disability and Assistance, whose commissioner is an appointee of Gov. Kathy Hochul, did not send a representative to the hearing.
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