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[–]TemporarilyDeceased 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

4 who is in poverty and who qualify in NYC is $973/ month

Wow! That's more than double my family of 4's monthly food budget. We don't live in NYC, but the cost of living calculator shows NYC to be 13% more expensive... not 261%.

[–]Bitch-Im-a-cow 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's 13% more for those who are deceased, or temporarily deceased, but for 2 adults, 2 children: $1218 .

Visit: https://www.epi.org/resources/budget/

Enter, scroll to: New York metro area

And here is info on NYC's SNAP: https://otda.ny.gov/programs/snap/