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New Milford council backs emergency food drive after SNAP disruption; extends tax-payment grace for furloughed federal workers
Summary
Council approved a one-week emergency food drive after the county reported 336 local families would not receive SNAP benefits on Nov. 1 and adopted a resolution extending a tax-payment grace period for residents furloughed by a federal shutdown.
The New Milford Mayor and Council approved an emergency, weeklong food drive and adopted a resolution extending the borough’s tax-payment grace period for residents who are furloughed federal employees, after officials said hundreds of local households face a lapse in SNAP benefits.
“There's 336 families in Milford that will not be getting their SNAP benefits on November 1st,” the mayor said when proposing the drive,…
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