Projected $6.1 Billion State Budget Deficit Signals Crisis for Brooklyn’s Poor Families
New HRA center in Bushwick. Irina Groushevaia/Bklyner.BROOKLYN — One out of
every four Brooklynites lives in poverty and depends on SNAP
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(the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as the Food Stamp
Program). Survival could soon become more difficult for