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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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Empire Justice IDs key issues for 2012 (The Daily Record)
One of Empire Justice Center’s top issues of 2012 received Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s support when, in his state of the state address earlier this month, the governor announced he wanted to stop the practice of fingerprinting those who apply for food stamps.
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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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New Report Finds More Families in Need (YNN)
Many of New York's families are struggling to make ends meet. That's according to a new study by the Fiscal Policy Institute and Community Action Association, which calculates the cost of living for working families all over the state.
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Empire Justice Joins with Better Choice Budget Campain in Calling for State to Balance Budget by Raising Revenues, Not Cutting by Critical Services (A Better Choice for New York)
Campaign launches TV ads focused on closing corporate tax loopholes and asking wall street to help bail out Main Street.
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Empire Justice Joins Advocates to Decry Mid-Year Cuts
Press release announcing the press conference organized by New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, the Fiscal Policy Institute, Empire Justice Center and others to talk about alternatives to Governor Paterson's proposed DRP.
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Spitzer State of the State Message Brings Message of Hope and Unity
Advocates from the Empire Justice Center expressed optimism as they watched Governor’s Spitzer’s State of the State address today.
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Advocates Applaud Governor Spitzer
Advocates Applaud Governor Spitzer Proposing Needed Improvements in Health Coverage, Housing and Increasing Child Support to Low Income Children in a Difficult Budget Year.
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Children in Poverty: Statewide Numbers Mask Local Realities
The State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance recently announced that childhood poverty is at its lowest level since 1980. While the statewide data is accurate, they potentially mask disturbing county-by-county trends in child poverty.
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