ALBANY — Hard economic times, layoffs, and rising food and fuel costs are boosting the number of New Yorkers receiving food stamps to nearly 1 million households. Records and interviews show 1.8 million New Yorkers get help from food stamps to pay for basic groceries. That’s up by 30,000 adults and children over the last two years and an increase of more than 500,000 since 2001. In addition to …
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