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By Greg David, THE CITY
New York’s political leaders denounced the Republican tax and spending bill but did little to prepare for the potential loss of billions of dollars in federal aid. Now that President Donald Trump has signed the plan into law, state and city officials will have to deal with the consequences.
The law punches a multi-billion dollar hole in the current state budget by reducing federal Medicaid funding, a blow that will almost certainly require Gov. Kathy Hochul to call a special legislative session in the coming months.
The hole gets much bigger in next year’s budget, which needs to be adopted by March 31, as the governor and legislators prepare for their reelection campaigns.
State officials will have to build a system to implement the work and other eligibility rules required by the federal law and decide whether to keep as many people as possible on Medicaid and Snap food benefits — or allow enrollment to decline to reduce pressure on the budget.
The immediate impact on the city will be less severe, but Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council will eventually be confronted with choices on whether to fill in some of the safety net gaps created by the GOP bill — or reduce aid to poor New Yorkers.
Gov. Hochul, Mayor Adams and other top officials have given little indication about what they think the state and city should do now. But others are already taking sides.
The progressive Fiscal Policy Institute is already calling for tax increases.
“The new federal budget legislation signals a paradigm shift in fiscal policy where states are going to become responsible for a much larger share of social spending,” said Executive Director Nathan Gusdorf. “State lawmakers will need to think creatively about how to finance an expanded public health insurance scheme and safety-net programs to prevent food and housing insecurity — all of which will require additional revenues raising measures.”
There is another way, says the conservative Empire Center.
“New York has the most richly financed health care system in the U.S. — and therefore worldwide —which saw its overall government support jump $36 billion in the last four years alone,” said health care expert Bill Hammond. “Although it stands to lose billions in future funding from Washington, New York should be well positioned to absorb that blow through better management of its existing resources — and without the catastrophic consequences that Hochul and others are portraying.”
The situation is particularly difficult because the state and city both increased spending far more than the rate of inflation in current budgets without setting aside any money to offset cuts in federal aid.
The final budget signed by Gov. Hochul increased overall spending by 12% excluding federal aid, the Citizens Budget Commission calculated, the most in recent years and three times the rate of inflation. Hochul also agreed to spend $7 billion to wipe out a debt the state owed the federal government for unemployment insurance, which lowered taxes for employers and allowed the state to raise jobless benefits but reduced the state’s reserves by a third.
The city budget adopted at the end of the month increases spending by almost 8% when adjusted for various financial gimmicks, the Citizens Budget Commission said, twice the rate of inflation. The mayor and Council also rejected numerous pleas to increase reserves from the current level of $8.5 billion, an amount that has remained the same for several years.
The state’s biggest problem is the way it uses federal money to pay for Medicaid and the state’s Essential Plan, which covers people who make slightly too much money to qualify for the Affordable Care Act.
Under the Republican law, New York will lose $7.5 billion used to cover legal immigrants in the Essential Plan, which is almost entirely paid for by the federal government. The state will then have to transfer many of those people to Medicaid, which will cost an additional $2.7 billion, since federal aid for Medicaid only covers about 56% of the actual costs.
Since the state’s fiscal year goes to the end of March, the cost in the current budget will be about $2.5 billion. But for the 2027 fiscal year, the cost will be slightly more than $10 billion.
Over the next several years, the law phases in a provision which will eventually cost the state another $1.5 billion by eliminating a complicated maneuver that taxes health care providers to generate more federal funds.
Federal aid for food called SNAP had been expected to decline by almost $3 billion for New York state. But a last minute maneuver to win the vote of Alaskan Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski could result in those cuts being delayed.
New York will also immediately need to build a system to verify twice a year that Medicaid and SNAP recipients remain eligible by meeting new work requirements. The Hochul Administration estimates the cost at $500 million a year.
The more important question is what will be the goal of the system. Republican assumptions about savings are based on the theory that the result will be a decline in recipients, increasing the number of uninsured New York state by 1.5 million, according to Hochul.
But organizations like Public Health Systems, a non-profit which helps people sign up for Medicaid among other services, will be working to make sure as many people remain qualified as possible, said Zach Hennessey, chief strategy officer.
The stakes are high. A survey Public Health Systems conducted of New Yorkers with a household income of less than $60,000 found that 71% would be unable to keep insurance, and 64% said they would be unable to maintain their doctor visits.
Because of the last-minute change on SNAP benefits, the city may not need to immediately decide if it is going to increase food assistance, although other Trump budget cuts have added burdens to the city’s food banks.
The threat to the city lies in the next budget proposal for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 which would reduce housing aid by 43% or almost half the $13 billion the state receives annually–virtually all of which is passed along to local governments. It would also put a two-year time limit on the use of vouchers used by 125,000 householders in the city. The city government will come under tremendous pressure to cover those costs if the Trump plan is enacted.
The nine New York Republican representatives in the House all voted in favor of both the original House legislation and the Senate version that became law, calculating that they will be able to argue that the tax cuts benefit far more New Yorkers than those who might lose benefits.
“Today, we delivered on our promise — to stop the single largest tax hike in American history and put more money back in the pockets of Americans,” said suburban Rep. Mike Lawler (R-Rockland County), regarded as one of the most vulnerable Republicans. “We secured meaningful SALT relief, locked in tax cuts for families and small businesses, and restored fairness for hardworking
The new law preserves tax cuts originally enacted in Trump’s first term and adds new ones for overtime, tips and seniors. Those increases, however, expire in 2028 at the end of Trump’s current term.
The biggest victory for New York state Republicans was securing an increase to the cap on deducting state and local taxes (SALT), from $10,000 to $40,000, although it phases out for anyone with income over $500,000. The most likely winners are suburban upper middle class couples with high property taxes and mortgage interest deductions.
But the bill will raise taxes for some New York business executives by an additional $2.7 billion, according to a study from city Comptroller Brad Lander by outlawing a “pass through” maneuver that effectively restored SALT deductions for business owners and partners.
An early analysis of the Senate bill from the left leaning Institute on Taxation and Economy Policy said the law will reduce federal income taxes for New Yorkers by $30 billion a year, with 70% of the savings going to the top 20% of New Yorkers by income.
That’s why the state can increase taxes, said Gusdorf, since federal tax cuts will offset any increase in state or local levies.
It may be months before the full scope of the law is clear with its scores of provisions including $2 billion to hire and train more immigration enforcement agents, new Trump accounts where the federal government will deposit $1,000 in an account for every newborn and a $10,000 deduction for interest paid on loans to purchase American-make cars, to name just three.
But there is no time to lose, say those who watch state and city budgets.
“Since these cuts will phase in over time, the smart choice is to take the time to assess the impact, prioritize programs based on impact, scope, and New Yorkers’ needs, and reallocate money to preserve the most critical programs,” said Ana Champeny, research director of the Citizens Budget Commission.
And she adds a warning: “This is not the last of the cuts. More will come in next year’s federal discretionary budget starting October.”
Ever since Covid, this Country has had too many people riding in the cart and not enough people pushing. Anyone in this Country who is able to work and chooses not to should not and will not get a dime of Federal money. Our Nation has been a rudderless ship for the last 4 years during which time unnamed unelected staffers were using the auto pen to do whatever they wanted. God Bless President Trump.
Well said!
Do you really think that jobs solve anything? Many are make work, and frankly done by incompetents, some with the correct credentials. Then in many cases jobs don’t pay anything close to a living ware, nor do they come with benefits. Tying work to medical care insurance is really bad public policy.
Furthermore, the work requirement is designed to gum up the works, and not provide very low wage workers with medical insurance.
Except that many of those receiving benefits are already working at cash jobs and fly under the radar enabling them to get all sorts of other government benefits. Tying medical insurance to work will change this situation.
So you’re for people being poor to get medical. That’s another downside of tying work to medical care.
Jay, Good jobs are the most important thing for any Country, I am talking about high paying American jobs. Manufacturing jobs. Jobs Americans be proud to have. Example, I own a Ford Maverick looking to trade in next year, The maverick is made in Mexico and the Ranger which is made in the US. The Big Beautiful Law gives a $10,000 tax deduction for interest on American made cars. Plus, the Mavrick is tariffed the Ranger is not. Sorry to bore you with my truck shopping, but do you see the point? President Trump will bring Great jobs to this Country. If you have a Great job life is Great. Yes I like Caps.
High paying manufacturing jobs aren’t coming back. Automakers pay is crap for new hires; you can thank Obama for that.
This guy is a caricature at this point.
Define work, would you include speculating on Wall Street?
If someone is supporting themselves absolutely, If they are relying on Government money, they are a parasite.
Good luck to you. I hope you get your wish of dying young and healthy so you don’t have to rely on anyone’s help. You clearly have never had to do real caregiving for anyone.
But Wall Street speculation relies on the government for bailouts, and when not using bailouts directly much speculation is based on what the government will fund in the future. So the government pays to support much of Wall Street. Therefore, much of Wall Street is parasitic by your argument.
I’m talking about people pretending they work and they rely on the government for food and medical care. If you support yourself great but keep your hands out of my pocket.
Pretending they work? No, that’s something that Trump’s bill will encourage.
The point is that Wall Street (or Boeing) don’t really support themselves.
Then you claim to be retired NYPD, why should tax payers pay for your pension and medical? Or for that matter, while you were a cop, why should tax payers pay your salary?
You see you’ve had your hand in taxpayers pockets for decades.
Tying work to medical care is an ineffective way of providing medical care that works for all but the very well off or those with good government union contracts, like the NYPD.
Food? SNAP doesn’t really cover food, it’s a tiny amount per month, and one has to apply for it, also it doesn’t last, so totally unlike Medicaid, or your medical care.
Your specific God loves the rich and despises the poor and needy, the elderly, and those who are caring for a disabled child or parent at home and can’t leave them at home alone nor afford to hire a caretaker. Your God hates the mentally and emotionally ill who can’t get a job or can’t hold a job. Your God who is watching out for Trump is fully supporting taking food from the hungry in NYC (and all over the country) and making sure the rich get richer. If your God “blesses” Trump, it’s at the expense of the meek, the weak, the defenseless, who Trump delights in making fun of – which the God you reference totally supports.
Another guy with random capitalizations. Aren’t you former law enforcement? You like all those January 6 rioters he pardoned? You like tax breaks for billionaires? You like his crypto scam? You like anonymous masked thugs kidnapping people off the street? Trump has no respect for law enforcement, the military or anyone who can’t line his pockets. He has no idea what’s in the bill or most of the orders he signs. It’s really sad and all you do is eat up the lies.
Cops love Trump. Criminals love Libs.
Cops don’t love Trump. I work for a police union and have for 28 years. I know plenty of members of the service who despise Trump and rightly so. Plus, he fired thousands of hard working members of federal law enforcement and threatens others for revenge and retaliation. You don’t speak for anyone other than yourself. Criminals don’t know anything at all about politics — except of course white collar criminals — many who have been pardoned by Trump, along with the January 6th violent insurrectionists. Keyboard warriors make meaningless comments, by the way, If you are afraid to identify yourself, you can’t be very committed to your comments … or much of an LEO.
Cops and Military are almost exclusively conservatives, You have been to my office numerous times we have met several times. I was the guy who sat in the back of the 20 squad with the great mustache and the awesome ties.
I keep trying to imagine you with a little bit of warmth and less sandpaper.
Cops can be criminals too.
What’s with All The Capital Letters? Are you taking a Page out of Trump’s Book of Incorrect Grammar? And for the Record, I Disagree with you. There is nothing to Bless Here – this Bill is a Travesty.
Big, ugly, cruel bill. The inhumanity of it is incredible. The rich, who have more money than they know what to do with, get more. Those who are struggling are pushed to the ground and stomped on.
The rich pay a disproportionate amount of taxes so it’s only fair that they also participate in the benefit of tax cuts. If we’re going to forego taxes on tips and overtime which is actual earned income, then why shouldn’t all taxpayers get relief?
Just be thankful he doesn’t go full-DJT and start blasting out his pseudoprofundities in ALL CAPS.
Kind of a picayune comment and criticism. Strictly speaking about incorrect grammar, the only word in the last line of the post that doesn’t need to be capitalized is Bless, so I detect an element of TDS here. Capitalizing Country and Nation for emphasis is similar to writing the City for NYC.
Boris, there is NO such thing as “TDS.” It’s all made up nonsense. Consult any psychiatric dictionary — it’s fiction.
You don’t actually expect to see this pejorative term in a psychiatric dictionary?
According to Wikipedia, “the origin of the term is traced to Charles Krauthammer” who was a psychiatrist.
Boris. The TDS thing is boring. Move on.
Hardly picayune. His usage of speech, grammar (or lack thereof), etc, is all part of his communication strategy, how he’s lulled the masses into believing and trusting him, despite the million bold faced lies, insults and exaggerations he spouts about on a daily basis..
Repeat, emphasize, simplify, repeat, emphasize, simplify…..
rather than criticize his capitalization, or the candidate he voted for, why not evaluate and criticize the policies? you’d sound less unhinged.
I call bs. Your comment emphasized his use of “incorrect” grammar. Expanding a picayune argument doesn’t make it sound better.
In other words, you have no retort.
a retort to your calling TDS boring? what sort of retort would suffice?
It’s not a bill, it’s a LAW. MAGA
In fact the prime age labor force participation rate is ~83.5%, near the all time high of 83.9% that we hit under Biden. So all this really does is add administrative paperwork burden to kick American citizens off Medicaid on the sly and will cost states millions to administer.
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11300060
Then please tell me why we have a labor shortage in this country? I don’t believe anything the “Biden” Administration says and their statistics. Remember when Biden had the most secure border in history?
Biggest driver is that the Boomers are reaching retirement age which is shrinking the labor pool. The Fed is non-political, very tiresome that MAGA has decided everything they disagree with is fake news.
It doesn’t really even make sense that able bodied Americans would not be working because they can receive medical care. Bring data if you want to think otherwise, otherwise your assertion is not credible.
Ok let’s go with your fantasy, why did Snap and Medicare skyrocket after Covid? Why do I have to use self-checkout at the store now? Lazy people on the Government teat.
I am noticing a distinct lack of supporting data in your response. I’m sure it exists and was left off inadvertently.
In any case, the population on SNAP has only changed a few % points. NY is not a dramatic outlier, several red states like LA and OK have a higher share of population on SNAP. Critically, SNAP about 2x as likely to be helping families with children.
https://usafacts.org/answers/how-many-people-receive-snap-benefits-in-the-us-every-month/country/united-states/
Those are the facts, now your milage may vary but in my opinion making sure poor children can eat is a good thing.
I think parents getting a good job and supporting their children is a good thing, it worked for me.
Of course but most people are doing their best to feed their kids, no sense it making it harder on them.
It does make sense if they are receiving government assistance and not working.
Probably because it’s, 1) not true, and 2) people have ramifications from the virus, and 3) it’s more not true garbage from MAGA-land. I don’t think anyone objects to people being vetted, but the bill doesn’t call for vetting anyone; it simply does not allot money, and therefore there is no money for the legitimately ill. It doesn’t take a genius to know that vetting takes time and care — that’s something the GOP could care less about. Like DOGE, it simply indiscriminately fires … so to speak … That’s not vetting. That’s just killing. At the end of the day, identify yourself like a man (or woman) or be an irrelevant voice of nonsense on the upper west side. And what does self check out at the store mean? That’s progress so that the store doesn’t have to pay employees. And people don’t have to stand in line for as long. And most people no longer carry cash. It has nothing to do with government hand outs. Wow — what a dumb equation. !! It’s like asking how the Ford plant went from humans to automated … BECAUSE THE EMPLOYER LIKES THAT. I’ve seen nonsensical comments before, but that wins the prize.
The payroll processing company ADP said the country lost 33,000 private sector jobs last month and the Trump Administration said the country gained over 100,000. Who do you think is lying?
Look I dislike Trump more than most, but if the Feds were cooking the books we’d hear about it. It’s not just a number they drop into a spreadsheet at random, there’s a lot of real work that goes into estimating it.
And why are there so many more people on the Federal dole than there are living under the poverty level?
Federal dole? You mean the social security I paid into for 50 years!? You mean the Medicare I was forced to sign up for at 65? It’s called the law. It’s called I paid for it. Dole is a pineapple company.
Social Security is not a savings fund with your name on a piece of it. Social Security is a tax that is used to pay current retirees.
You think retirees on social security are on the federal dole?
Seriously?
Social Security payments are not considered the Federal dole as are SNAP, Medicaid, Section 8, etc. benefits. Receiving SS benefits isn’t based on current income/assets/household size. As long as you HAD a certain level of earnings on which you paid SS tax, you’re entitled to receive benefits.
God help Americans under the thumb of Trump.
Lolol. Regurgitating Fox News talking points. You’re nothing if not unoriginal.
MSNBC talking points are sooo much better
So, we agree.
Remember when Fox said Biden has Dementia and ALL the mainstream media said Biden has never been sharper and the videos of him wandering around in front of world leaders were fake?
Remember when Fox had to pay $787-million for lying? I do. Biden does not have dementia. He’s simply elderly. My dad had dementia. Biden in no way resembles someone with dementia. Remember when people who weren’t cowards had no qualms about using their real name and photo to express n opinion, like me?
Stop continually lecturing people about how they should identify themselves. It’s none of your business.
Because they were. It’s been proven. Next?
Non argument, ad hominem.
You may want to look up “ad hominem”.
What’s inaccurate about what he said?
Why don’t you tell me what is accurate? Facts, please. The only thing he said that I support is “Anyone in this Country who is able to work and chooses not to should not and will not get a dime of Federal money.” Everything else is laughable.
Medicaid cuts? No surprise there. NYC was giving out Medicaid freely and without a thought to literally everyone who illegally crossed the border yesterday. The system became overwhelmed and we are surprised at the cuts? I doubt anyone in the city and state administration has an idea how to balance the budget. They are all about political slogans but have no clue how to run the state and the city without running it into the ground.
Immigrants without legal documentation are not eligible for Medicaid.
Not true.
“ NYC Care: For those who don’t qualify for other health insurance, NYC Care is a health care access program offered through NYC Health + Hospitals that provides low-cost and no-cost services regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.”
That’s not Medicare. Facts matter.
I think we were talking about health care for the adults and children who are not over 65 and are not disabled. So not Medicare. Please pay attention. You like to jump the gun but rarely address the actual issue.
D M;
No, the subject is specifically Medicaid, for which undocumented immigrants are not eligible. Read the first post of series before commenting.
For hundreds of years there have been hospitals and clinics for the poor, some “undocumented” immigrants in NYC. That’s not the subject here. Never was.
And one has to apply for those things, whereas Medicaid is pretty much automatic if you’re low income.
That’s not Medicaid.
Undocumented immigrants have to be practically dying to qualify for Medicaid.
“NYC was giving out Medicaid freely and without a thought to literally everyone who illegally crossed the border yesterday.”
Document this.
I think Good Humor just did. Please see below. Please read instead of unnecessary arguing for the sake of arguing.
LOL. You’re confused. @Good Humor is not apart of this particular thread. So, I’ll ask again. Document your claim that NYC was giving out Medicaid freely.
Your constant “ lols” are not addressing the issue and frankly not intelligent (euphemism not to tell you things how they are)
“ Medicaid for Undocumented Immigrants Age 65+: As of January 1, 2024, undocumented immigrants aged 65 and older who meet income and other eligibility requirements can enroll in regular Medicaid in New York. This provides coverage for a range of services like doctor visits, screenings, lab tests, and prescription drugs.”
For the rest is NYC care that comes straight from NYC taxpayers pockets
“ “ NYC Care: For those who don’t qualify for other health insurance, NYC Care is a health care access program offered through NYC Health + Hospitals that provides low-cost and no-cost services regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.”
Being undocumented would make them ineligible for Medicaid.
Nice, that you don’t believe in medical care for the poor.
D M can’t.
Vote out Hochul and stop the bottomless handouts that will bankrupt our state/city.
No more hand outs to Steve Ross.
If Mamdani gets in and starts his radical agenda on day one Hochul will be gone.
“radical”?
Defunding the police.
He hasn’t proposed that
In 2020, Mamdani tweeted, “We don’t need an investigation to know that the NYPD is racist, anti-queer & a major threat to public safety. What we need is to #DefundTheNYPD. NO to fake cuts – defund the police. Queer liberation means defund the police”.
In 2020 Mamdami wasn’t even in the Assembly. Also something was going on.
I believe the Essential Plan IS Medicaid. On the Anthem website, when you log in, the Essential Plan falls under the Medicaid category.
Obamacare pushed many people who didn’t want to be on Medicaid or any subsidized health insurance into this new pool of unfortunates who have to cope with overflowing waiting rooms, poor service and doctors implying you’re a huge loser for not being on a Silver or Gold plan.
We need the ability to privately purchase catastrophic plans that don’t comply with the ACA’s coverage mandates.
No, we need nationwide single payer, we can star with statewide. Many employers in NYS would be very happy with that.
This bill is a Republican fever dream, cut taxes for the rich and benefits for the poor & blow out the deficit all at the same time.
Did you feel the same way during the Biden years?
At least deficits under Trump1 & Biden were trying to stimulate the economy out of Covid. This bill increases the deficit in order to cut taxes primarily for those that don’t need it.
That’s what Hakeem would like you to believe. Every time the GOP wants to normalize spending levels, the Dems freak out and fear-monger. Have any grandmothers been pushed off the cliff since Paul Ryan developed his plan? It’s the same old Dem plan to keep people dependent on government handouts.
“normalize”, like give the military 350 more billions and cut taxes for the very well off?
Here’s what I found:
Undocumented immigrants in NYC are generally not eligible for Medicare. However, New York State has expanded some health coverage options that may be relevant:
Medicaid for Undocumented Immigrants Age 65+: As of January 1, 2024, undocumented immigrants aged 65 and older who meet income and other eligibility requirements can enroll in regular Medicaid in New York. This provides coverage for a range of services like doctor visits, screenings, lab tests, and prescription drugs.
Emergency Medicaid: Undocumented immigrants of all ages can access Medicaid for emergency services, provided they meet other eligibility criteria.
NYC Care: For those who don’t qualify for other health insurance, NYC Care is a health care access program offered through NYC Health + Hospitals that provides low-cost and no-cost services regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.
Child Health Plus: Children under 19, regardless of immigration status or family income, are eligible for Child Health Plus in New York State.
Important Notes:
Medicare Eligibility: Federally, Medicare eligibility for non-citizens is tied to lawful permanent residency and certain work history or qualifying for disability benefits. Undocumented immigrants do not meet these requirements.
Applying for health insurance in NYC will not impact your immigration status or application for status. Your immigration status will be kept confidential and not shared with federal immigration authorities.
“Emergency Medicaid: Undocumented immigrants of all ages can access Medicaid for emergency services, provided they meet other eligibility criteria.”
What criteria?
Any Illegal who applies for benefits in this country should be immediately deported and any employee who approves benefits for illegals should be put in prison.
Except for your relatives when they came here. Right? For thee only! Who died and made you the last immigrant allowed? You do realize that unless you are a member of a Native American tribe, you’re an immigrant, and your entire family are immigrants. Don’t you think if illegals had a legal pathway, they would have used the legal pathway? Try some critical thinking. It’s not so hard. Imagine being so desperately poor that you would deal with the hideous likes of racist, xenophobic people like you and risk everything to come here for a chance at a better life. Imagine being that desperate? I bet you can’t. Cruelty is your only point. No doubt, you’ll go to Church on Sunday and call yourself a Christian. Here’s some news — you’re not.
“ Don’t you think if illegals had a legal pathway, they would have used the legal pathway?”
Yes they would in Biden’s time. Legal pathways never provided free lodging, meals and and health care.
Your compassion is breathtaking. Did the force turn you into this hate-filled person?
@ Ish Kabibble
Document this.
Sure. What would you like proven?
“Applying for health insurance in NYC will not impact your immigration status or application for status. Your immigration status will be kept confidential and not shared with federal immigration authorities.”
Tell that to the ICE ‘Agents’ waiting outside.
People who respect laws meet ICE agents BEFORE they come to this country. When they apply for visas, prove their ability to support themselves, explain and document their intent to immigrate here permanently (if any), produce myriad documents and undergo at least some level of background check, etc. etc.
Apparently, illegal immigrants are somehow special. They cannot be meeting ICE agents – before, during or after their arrival.
In theory, that’s very nice. In practice, the opposite has happened. Google it.
You sound (appropriately) skeptical about the loopholes in our legal immigration system, and the potential for errors, abuse, etc.
Good.
Now multiply that by a million when it comes to illegal immigration.
The ICE agents waiting outside are not receiving any immigration status information from NYC/NYS officials. They’re waiting outside for those whom they already know about. Nice try.
It’s cute that you believe that.
Try to explain it to UWS Dad and Carmella. They will deny each and every fact and replace them with regular tired platitudes.
There’s a legitimate push to include TDS in the next edition of the DSM.
I volunteer in a midtown food pantry every week as I have done for the past 10 years. Many of our clients are hard working New Yorkers who rely on us to supplement their sources of food. Over the past few years the influx of, dare I say, illegal immigrants has thrown us into total chaos. Many of these folks are living in hotels and shelters where they receive 3 meals a day. While some are no doubt “asylum seekers” most are people who saw the door partially open and barged through it. It’s very discouraging when I’m walking home and see people who have just been to the pantry selling the very things we just gave them (along with the ever present mango cups). We are limited in what type of evidence that we can request to determine true need. Many of our clients are in scooter chairs due to obesity, some are dressed far better than I am. Gratitude seems to be in short supply. Its a very discouraging situation and maybe this bill will at least partially stop the gravy train.
Does your food pantry distribute rotten vegetables?
Most of those folks were flown in or bussed in from Texas. Just sayin’.
This is outrageous and a total abuse of the system. I am grateful that you shared this. I know the lefties in these comments will try to rationalize this somehow but people do take advantage of these systems and it adds a terrible burden to our already strained economy and social safety nets.
NYC and NYS easily have spent over $15 BILLION on illegals. According to the article Billions are also spent subsidizing healthcare for legal immigrants. No one should be entering the country who cannot take care of themselves and their family.
Illegal immigrants and low skilled legal immigrants benefit no one but business owners and the wealthy who are able to keep wages suppressed. Dont any crazy liberal westsiders remember Cesar Chavez and Boycott Lettuce?
Medicaid is also filled with “disabled” who are not. People have been scamming these systems for decades. Time for it to stop and direct aid to people that really need the help.
Working builds self esteem for individuals and for families.
Amen. I know someone on medicaid who has a trust fund, wealthy parents and sibling and a full time job that they barely attend (bc they are “disabled”) and has used a bunch of workarounds to game the system in multiple ways. This person is a master of the loophole — transportation is ubers paid for by the state! Lefties don’t believe this happens but it does.
“Working builds self esteem for individuals and for families.”
Yes, indeed: Arbeit Macht Frei!
Oh calm down. He didn’t say unpaid work, he said work, and what’s so bad about taking pride in one’s accomplishment?
So you were for a mass increase in homelessness?
A friend who works with a social services agency up near Albany confirmed to me that she has many able-bodied clients on Medicaid who do not actively seek work and are full of excuses. She’s no fan of our current administration but sees the benefit in the work requirements.
And do tell, Bill. Who is going to do the jobs of those immigrants that have been deported? Who??
The idea that Americans won’t do certain jobs is a myth. Recently, there was an ice raid at a food processing plant, Glen Valley Foods. 70 illegals were arrested. American Citizens then lined up to apply for those jobs. Of course, it also turns out that many of the illegals were using stolen identities in order to circumvent the E-Verify system.
Now there may be jobs that Americans won’t do because they wont do them at the wages being offered!! That is the problem and why illegal immigration needs to be stopped. They suppress wages. This was a problem brought to the nations attention in the 1970s by Cesar Chavez a Mexican-American! Illegal immigration benefits the wealthy and big business. This is why Trump is now carving out certain sectors such as hospitality and agribusiness to allow them to work.
So congratulations, you think youre being a compassionate person but you’re just a sucker for sustaining a system that benfits the rich of this country and deprives the countries where these people are coming from of important human capital.
Weird that no economists agree with you. Better go with your gut I guess.
Would be far better to expand our legal migration channels for that kind of work of course.
That’s a poor excuse for justifying illegal immigration.
My comment had nothing to do with immigration. Just an aside. And Bill, that is absolutely untrue. And if it were true, how come they haven’t been able to fill those jobs? Maybe change the channel and widen your horizons.
Pretty biased reporting, though I understand it’s from The City and not WSR. The BBB also lowers or removes some taxes on social security income, no? That’s pretty sweet. It also really empowers ICE which many, many people agree is a necessity after years of open borders
“open borders”?
Never heard of those?
“The BBB also lowers or removes some taxes on social security income, no?”
What does the Better Business Bureau have to do with any of this??
Big Beautiful Bill, Cato. BBB
When Giuliani mandated a work requirement for city benefits around 1 million people suddenly no longer needed benefits. I wonder if the 20 hour a week work requirement interfered with their off the books job?
Of course it did. Many don’t want jobs on the books because they would then lose all their other government benefits like SNAP for food and Section 8 for housing.
As an aside, why are we allowing the use of SNAP benefits to be used for junk food, soda, and candys? It should only be used for items that have good nutritional value.
Can’t buy candy with SNAP. Also it’s a federal list.
Rudy forced people who were scraping by to get jobs at the NY Public library, and services there went to garbage in the mid-1990s. They largely haven’t recovered.
Statewide single payer medical is part of the answer.
A lot of employers would be really happy.
President Trump will bring great manufacturing jobs back to this Country, We will need American workers to make this happen. American work ethic has been on the decline for years and Covid pushed it off the cliff. People got used to getting money for nothing and not working. I have had a job every day since I was 14 years old until I retired, I turn 60 tomorrow. Tariffs work.
Happy birthday in advance, kiddo. We are all looking forward to your NOT collecting Social Security!
(Incidentally, you missed sharing a birthday with Robert A. Heinlein by a day; he was born 07/07/07. You might recall Heinlein as the author of “Starship Troopers”, a novel widely — though, I’d argue, erroneously — regarded as fascist. A much closer fit for that label would of course be your own Dear Leader, which seems not to trouble you.)
As for your claim about “great” manufacturing jobs: nope. That’s fantasy, not SF.
Happy birthday!
No, Trump won’t bring manufacturing jobs back. If Trump cared about workers, he’d before a large increase in the federal minimum wage, better public schools, free state schools, nation wide single payer medical, and unions. He’s not for any of those things. Almost all factory jobs that Trump may create will be low wage, no benefit, and unsafe.
It’s time for NYS to lead the country and actually pass a comprehensive state run universal healthcare program that is an alternative to the private system. If the State has to pick up the cost that the Federal Government won’t, it’s time for the State to step up and take care of NYS Residents in the way residents have been demanding for years. Let’s lead the nation on healthcare coverage and show the country what a true State Funded, Single-Payer, Universal Healthcare system can do for the people who live here.
This rundown from the City covers the biggest issues with our state (and City) budget:
“The situation is particularly difficult because the state and city both increased spending far more than the rate of inflation in current budgets without setting aside any money to offset cuts in federal aid.”
This has been an issue with our state and local budgets, and it’s not sustainable.
In means defunding New York, increased taxes, fewer services, less education, more poverty.
wha?