Sean Patrick Maloney: “if passed, the Republican contract's war on children will have a devastating impact on New York City. The Republican…”

“if passed, the Republican contract's war on children will have a devastating impact on New York City. The Republican contract would cut assistance for children across the board including large reductions in: school lunches and breakfasts, nutrition programs, food stamps, medical care, education, and housing programs. In the contract's plan to cap the food Stamp Program, New Yorkers would lose $300 million in the first year alone. A food stamp reduction of that magnitude could prevent as many as 190,000 children from receiving assistance. In the contract's plan to lower child nutrition costs, New York State stands to lose $70 million in assistance by 1996, and $600 million by the year 2000. This contradicts the overwhelming evidence that child nutrition programs lower the possibility of low birthweight and anemia in children. In the contract's plan to eliminate the school lunch and school breakfast programs, over 800,000 children in New York City will be forced to pay more for breakfast and lunch. I would really like to know where are they going to get that money to eat.”