[Poverty Wages\Corporate America]
Sanders: “At a time when huge corporations like Walmart and McDonald’s are making billions in profits and giving their CEOs tens of millions of dollars a year, they’re relying on corporate welfare from the federal government by paying their workers starvation wages. That is morally obscene.”
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SNAP
GAO Report: Taxpayers Subsidize Poverty Wages at Big Corporations like Walmart, McDonald’s
Court Rejects Trump Administration’s Attempt to Restrict Food Assistance Access
[Trump Administration\Food Assistance]
James: “At a time of national crisis, this decision is a win for common sense and basic human decency. This Trump Administration rule was cruel to its core…”
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FPWA: Poverty in NYC Exacerbated by Economic Recession, COVID-19
[Poverty in New York City]
FPWA: “In FPWA’s recently published analysis, 1.25 million New Yorkers abruptly lost their jobs by May and an astounding 58 percent of New York’s households included someone who lost employment income between March 13th and July 21st.”
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COVID-19: NY Assembly Passes Legislation to Help Vulnerable New Yorkers
[COVID-19\NY Assembly]
New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie: “These bills will help families and some of our most vulnerable populations weather the economic storm that the COVID crisis has brought.”
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NYC PUBLIC ADVOCATE WILLIAMS DEMANDS MORE AID FOR HOMELESS
[NYC Homelessness]
Williams: “The executive budget also includes $60 million in cuts to the Department of Homeless Services…I find this ironic and alarming given the need to isolate homeless individuals to stop the spread of COVID-19.”
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SANDERS AND SENATE DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE BILL TO PROVIDE $2,000 PAYMENTS DURING COVID-19 CRISIS
[Economic Crisis Support Act]
Senator Sanders. “The one-time $1,200 check that many Americans recently received is not nearly enough to pay the rent, put food on the table and make ends meet.”
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NY ATTORNEY GENERAL TO TRUMP: NOW ISN’T THE TIME TO LET 3.1 MILLION STARVE
[COVID-19 SNAP Benefits]
James: “With tens of millions of individuals out of work and with the nation in the middle of a public health crisis, now is not the time to let 3.1 million people go hungry.”
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