New York, NY – Thousands of poor New Yorkers wrongly stripped of their food stamps will receive their lost vouchers thanks to a settlement reached in federal court.
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About 30,000 of the city's least fortunate had lost roughly $71 million worth of stamps because of a mistake by the city Human Resources Administration.
Four years ago, an advocacy group determined that a glitch with HRA's computers was eliminating stamps for anyone also receiving federal disability benefits.
"It was an error and it wasn't quickly corrected, so we filed suit," said Bill Lienhard of the Urban Justice Center. "We are gratified that so many people are now going to be able to feed their families again."
New Yorkers who wrongly lost their food stamps may get up to 21 months of reimbursed vouchers – worth about $2,000. They also will be reenrolled in the program, Lienhard said. [nydailynews]