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Nearly 865K New Yorkers collected welfare over past year — most in almost 30 years: ‘Communist playbook 101’
New York City provided cash assistance to nearly 865,000 people over the past year, marking the largest welfare caseload in almost 30 years. Spending on public assistance reached a record $2.7 billion, according to a Post review of city records.
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