Thread: NY-CHILD'S PAY FOR FAMILIES GOV'S WELFARE BONUSES

CHILD'S PAY FOR FAMILIES GOV'S WELFARE BONUSES

By FREDRIC U. DICKER State Editor
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ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson plans to dole out $175 million in federal stimulus and other funds in a "back to school" bonus program for hundreds of thousands of welfare and food-stamp recipients, The Post has learned.

The first-in-the-nation program, which comes on top of a 10 percent welfare hike granted in Paterson's April budget, allocates $200 to every child between ages 3 and 17 in welfare- and food-stamp-receiving households -- even if they're not attending school, sources told The Post.

Of that amount, $107 million would be distributed to welfare and food-stamp recipients in New York City, one source said.

About $140 million of the total would come from as-yet-unallocated federal stimulus money earmarked for New York, while the remainder would be made up from a "private foundation" that Paterson administration officials have refused to identify to local officials.

The Post has learned that the private funds will come from two foundations controlled by controversial billionaire George Soros.

Aides to Paterson and officials of the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, the agency responsible for the state's huge welfare system, have briefed New York City and county social-services bureaucrats on the program over the past few days.

The officials were told that Paterson would announce the program Tuesday and were warned not to make it public.

Several local officials complained that Paterson's office ordered them to make grants to children in families that have violated work requirements mandated by federal and state welfare reforms.

"I've never seen a program like this before," a disgusted county social-services commissioner told The Post. "They're even including welfare and food-stamp recipients who went off the rolls in mid-July."

Marissa Shorenstein, a Paterson spokeswoman, said the federal funds had to be used for welfare-related purposes.

Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos (R-LI) ripped Paterson's plan, saying, "Every hardworking New Yorker and senior living on a fixed income who lost their STAR property-tax rebate check can thank Gov. Paterson personally for giving it away to pay for new rebates for welfare recipients."

Rockland County Executive Scott Vanderhoff, a Republican, said, "The use of federal stimulus funds in this manner is not what was intended in trying to jump-start the economy and create jobs."

Paterson pushed through a record-high state budget in April that increased the state's welfare grant by 30 percent over the next three years, slashed $1.5 billion in STAR rebate payments to hundreds of thousands of homeowners and raised taxes and fees by some $8 billion.

fredric.dicker@nypost.com

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Just saw this in the actual paper and had to sign on right away.
Every IA family with kids the right age are qualified for this!

I guess they are trying to tide IAs over until CIR.

An interesting way of providing for "anchors".

Just posted to the comments:

Every Illegal Alien family living in NY and NYC is going to get this handout if their kids are the right age. The Sanctuary Policies of NY and NYC are costing the taxpayers BILLIONS! Senators Schumer and Gillibrand do everything they can to accommodate IAs, I'll bet they had a hand in this TRAVESTY!

As an American citizen I am all for helping fellow citizens but we cannot afford to subsidize the poor of other nations simply because they were able to sneak into our cities and state. End the Sanctuary policies NOW! Enforce the 1986 Immigration Laws.

Just to be perfectly clear I want all IAs to leave NY where-ever they came from. So don't anyone try to say I'm a racist as that BS is just an out right lie IA huggers use.

It just amazes me that Sen Schumer happens to be in the position in the Senate where he can pro-actively help out these people. What did we do to deserve that?

OTOH, people who I talk to who are experts in Third World development say it is tragic when a parent leaves the family behind to work in the US. Absence of either mother or father often sends the family into a downward spiral; kids sometimes become homeless. Even the UN says so in studies I have seen...so people like Schumer are being counterproductive. Good luck w/him....

Just think the Anchors of today will be the US politicians of tomorrow.


PS
Doesn't it warm your heart to know that while Americans of all social groups are losing their jobs and homes but still are forced to pay taxes to help finance illegals and anchors?

Originally Posted by Newmexican

An interesting way of providing for "anchors".

This being NY they'll find a way to give it to the IA children attending our schools too.

Originally Posted by ELE

Just think the Anchors of today will be the US politicians of tomorrow.


PS
Doesn't it warm your heart to know that while Americans of all social groups are losing their jobs and homes but still are forced to pay taxes to help finance illegals and anchors?

Thats right. One day very soon an anchor baby could become president. With all of the phony id's that illegal aliens have going on, no one will be able to verify anyones true birth.