People in New York City collected $2.6 billion in welfare payments in 2025, according to newly released data. This represents a massive increase since 2022. Now that Zohran Mamdani is mayor, do you expect this number to increase or decrease?
As the famous saying goes, something that can’t go on forever won’t.
FOX News reports:
New Yorkers collected $2.6 billion in welfare cash payments last year, city data showsNew York City doled out more than $2.6 billion in cash assistance to city residents in 2025, a Fox News Digital review of city records showed.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, according to a Fox News analysis of data from the city’s Human Resources Administration (HRA).The rise in welfare payments comes as some of New York City’s wealthiest contemplate a Big Apple exodus due to what many have described as a policy environment unfriendly to businesses and moneymakers.Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin notably threatened to put a major Midtown renovation on hold for his Citadel offices after socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani targeted him by name in a video announcing a new tax on second homes in the city…Though Mamdani inherited the state of his city’s welfare system from his predecessors, his policy decisions indicate a continuation of the upward rise in payments.
Do you believe all of this money is going to American citizens? Of course it isn’t.
The New York Post has more:
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 55.7% increase since 2022 and totals the Big Apple hasn’t seen in roughly 30 years, an examination of agency records found…Mayor Zohran Mamdani inherited the welfare crisis from his predecessor Eric Adams — but there’s been little change since the socialist took office in January.And critics fear it’s only a matter of time before he pushes more millionaires and billionaires out of the Big Apple — and with them jobs – sending welfare rolls even further through the roof.“This is the Communist Playbook 101: make everyone reliant on the government, so the masses have no choice but to support the people signing their checks,” predicted Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Queens).
People with the means to do so are already fleeing the city over Mamdani’s philosophy and plans.
Where are the welfare checks going to come from once all of the wealthy people are gone?
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