Thread: Welfare Lines Overflow - NYC

Crowded Public-Assistance Centers Interrupt Services as Demand for Aid Grows

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BY MICHAEL HOWARD SAUL AND ALISON FOX

Growing numbers of New Yorkers seeking food stamps have created an unwelcome spillover effect at some of New York City's job centers: overcrowding that in some cases has grown so severe, benefits were jeopardized.

The crush of people grew so large at one Brooklyn center in November that the Fire Department intervened and prevented anyone from entering the building.

That was an extreme example of the problem. But clients at many of the city's 29 job centers—which manage public-assistance benefits, including food stamps—regularly arrive long before the doors open to wait in line. Advocates said people miss mandatory appointments, leading ...

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Food Stamps is the new Bread Line seen during the Great Depression