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Council Member Ayala criticizes administration's approach to poverty and food insecurity
1:44:07
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Council Member Diana Ayala strongly criticizes the administration's approach to poverty and food insecurity, accusing them of 'poverty shaming' and failing to consider the circumstances of SNAP recipients who work but still struggle to make ends meet. She expresses frustration at the discussion of cutting public assistance while funding wars abroad.
- Ayala points out that many SNAP recipients have jobs but still rely on government aid
- She criticizes the prioritization of war funding over domestic food assistance
- The council member expresses strong emotional disagreement with the administration's approach
Diana Ayala
1:44:07
The administration is really good at poverty shaming and you know making people feel like it's their fault that they're you know were born into circumstances beyond their control.
1:44:16
And also does not factor in that you know we have a number of snap recipients who actually have jobs and rely on government aid because they still can't make ends meet.
1:44:29
So you know it's it's really it really upsets me that we're even having discussion because I think when we're on the scale of things like we're paying for wars that are not even ours and we don't and then we're having a discussion about cutting public dollars for people that live in this country that rely on those benefits to be able to live, it's horrible.
1:44:52
It's horrible and I I don't know how the churches don't crumble when they walk in.
1:44:59
I digress.
1:45:02
Gets me so upset.
1:45:03
The mayor's office for food policy publishes food forward NYC Ten Year food policy plan in September of twenty two.