BY JACK ARPEY, NEW YORK STATE
PUBLISHED 7:48 PM ET MAR. 27, 2024
Two state lawmakers are pushing to increase the minimum SNAP benefit in New York state, which presently sits at $23 per month. Syracuse area state Senator Rachel May and Queens Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas want to see that raised to $100 per month.
To demonstrate why, they went shopping Wednesday in Albany to see just how much $23 a month can buy. While prices vary from store to store and community to community, the point was clear.
They started out shopping for breakfast, and with only a handful of items in the shopping cart, they didn’t make it even to lunch.
