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Senate approves legislation prohibiting use of public assistance benefits to buy alcohol and tobacco -- or to gamble

Posted by Thomas F. O'Mara on Tuesday, June 19th, 2012
Welfare recipients could not use benefits to buy beer or cigarettes.

Albany, N.Y., June 19—The New York State Senate today approved legislation co-sponsored by Senator Tom O’Mara (R-C, Big Flats), the “Public Assistance Integrity Act,” to prohibit welfare recipients from using cash assistance to purchase tobacco, alcoholic beverages or lottery tickets, and to combat other abuses of public assistance benefits.

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