{"id":813,"date":"2012-01-04T19:25:57","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T19:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.council.nyc\/press\/?p=813"},"modified":"2016-12-12T19:26:14","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T19:26:14","slug":"joint-statement-by-speaker-christine-c-quinn-and-general-welfare-committee-chair-annabel-palma-re-governor-cuomo-announcing-the-end-of-finger-imaging-requirements-for-food-stamp-applicants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2012\/01\/04\/813\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Statement by Speaker Christine C. Quinn and General Welfare Committee Chair Annabel Palma Re: Governor Cuomo Announcing the End of Finger Imaging Requirements for Food Stamp Applicants"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cGovernor Cuomo\u2019s action is an enormous victory for New Yorkers in need, and for all those who have fought to put an end to the detrimental practice of finger imaging food stamp applicants.<\/p>\n

The Governor\u2019s announcement today will eliminate a senseless barrier that, for too long, has prevented tens of thousands of qualified New Yorkers from receiving the assistance they need to feed themselves and their families. <\/p>\n

Time and time again, it\u2019s been proven that finger imaging is unnecessary and wastes hundreds of thousands of tax dollars each year, while keeping people from receiving federally funded food stamps.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Governor Cuomo, no longer will residents of the greatest and richest City in the world go hungry. The days of criminalizing poverty in the five boroughs are coming to an end. \u201c
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\u201cGovernor Cuomo\u2019s action is an enormous victory for New Yorkers in need, and for all those who have fought to put an end to the detrimental practice of finger imaging food stamp applicants.<\/p>\n

The Governor\u2019s announcement today will eliminate a senseless barrier that, for too long, has prevented tens of thousands of qualified New Yorkers from receiving the assistance they need to feed themselves and their families.<\/p>\n

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