Nearly 865K New Yorkers collected welfare over past year — most in almost 30 years: ‘Communist playbook 101’

Source: New York Post

New York City dished out welfare checks to nearly 865,000 people over the past year — a historic handout that has sent public assistance spending skyrocketing to a record-breaking $2. 7 billion, The Post can reveal. The city’s Department of Social Services served a staggering 864,999 welfare recipients for the 12-month period ending May 30, a whopping 55.