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Posted: Monday, 06 July 2009 5:14AM
New York Welfare Recipients Getting Bigger Checks
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NEW YORK (AP) -- For the first time in 19 years, welfare recipients in New York state will see their checks go up.
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The increase was approved in the state's new budget and begins this month. Advocates for the poor say the hike is long overdue.
For a typical family of three, the total goes from $291 a month to $321, a difference of $30. For a family of four, it goes from $375.70 a month to $413.70, a difference of $38.
The subsidy also will increase incrementally in 2010 and 2011.
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