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Governor Cuomo Announces New York State to End Finger Imaging Requirement for Food Stamp Recipients ()
Governor Delivers on State of the State Promise to Remove Barriers to Participation in Food Stamp Program. New Anti-Fraud System Less Costly and More Effective at Preventing Abuse than Finger Imaging.
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Squadron, De Blasio, Advocates Rally for Passage of Bill to End Food Stamp Finger Imaging (NYS Senator Daniel Squadron)
Squadron Legislation to Come to Senate Committee Vote on Tuesday as Governor, Electeds Continue Fight to End Practice
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Food stamp fingerprinting ensnares thousands of applicants (The New York World)
This week, four state senators from New York City – Daniel Squadron, Liz Krueger, Tom Duane and Kevin Parker – have moved for a hearing on a bill that would forbid any requirement for finger-scans as a condition of receceiving food stamps.
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Motion filed to nudge Suffolk on services (Newsday)
Social services advocates have filed a contempt motion in federal court and requested appointment of an outside special master to force Suffolk County to speed up handling of food stamp and Medicaid requests.
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Class Action Plaintiffs Seek Contempt Order Against Suffolk County Department of Social Services
The Empire Justice Center and the National Center for Law and Economic Justice filed a motion today charging that the SCDSS is violating a 2009 court order by systemically failing to provide the families with timely food stamps and Medicaid.
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Bringing the Mayor to Heel (City & State)
Choose your metaphor: When Gov. Andrew Cuomo roused a crowd in Albany last week by promising to stop fingerprinting food stamp applicants, was he stepping on Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s toes or kicking him in the shin?
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Empire Justice Statement on Governor Cuomo’s State of the State Address
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Cuomo Urged to “Clear Red Tape” for New Yorkers Seeking Food Help in 2012 (Public News Service)
Not quite the holiday spirit. That's what a new report says about New York's fingerprinting requirement for food stamps, which it says is causing the wrong people to go hungry.
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AARP and Empire Justice Center Press Release: Time to Leave Finger Prints Behind
Announcing the release of "Time to Leave Finger Prints Behind, Fair Hearings in NYC Show How Unfair Finger Imaging is for New Yorkers
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Social Services frustration: ‘There has to be a faster way’ (UTICAOD.com)
A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court earlier this month claims the county department is taking too long to determine the eligibility of applications for services.
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