New York welfare payments hit $2.6 billion, a 30-year high in 2025 | Fox News

The 71% increase since 2022 comes as Mayor Mamdani's new budget allocates $14.63B for the Human Resources Agency - Robert McGreevy 

The money reached a record 864,999 people, a 30-year high not matched since before former Mayor Rudy Giuliani instituted major welfare reform in the early 2000s.

• The $2.6 billion figure represents a 71% increase from 2022's $1.57 billion, data showed.
• When coupled with payments from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the city paid out more than $7 billion in welfare to residents in 2024...