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Deadline Nears for $120 Per Child in Summer Food Benefits in NYC

  Millions of dollars are going unclaimed as the Sept. 4 application deadline looms. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters . By Amy Zimmer Chalkbeat September 3, 2025 NEW YORK - New York City families eligible for $120 per child in summer food benefits have just a few more days to apply. As the Sept. 4 application deadline looms, millions of dollars could be left on the table for the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer, or EBT, program, which aims to help low-income families cover costs for meals usually provided at school. (Families can apply online and check their income eligibility here .) The 2025 Summer EBT program is expected to provide more than $250 million in food assistance to an estimated 2.2 million low-income, school-aged children, said officials from the state’s Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance . That’s rough...
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Mayoral Candidates Will Meet on Debate Stage Twice This Fall

THE CITY will co-host the final mayoral debate on Oct. 22 along with NY1, WNYC and others.

This article originally appeared in The City.

By Rachel Holiday Smith 

The City 

August 28, 2025


NEW YORK - We’ve got a debate schedule for the mayor’s race, New York.



The mayoral candidates in the race for City Hall will have two opportunities to take part in an official, televised debate before voters cast their ballot — and THE CITY will join the final event.


The city’s Campaign Finance Board announced on Tuesday that the first general election debate for mayoral candidates will take place on Thursday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. co-hosted by WNBC, Telemundo and POLITICO.





That event will be open to any candidate who is officially on the ballot and has raised and spent at least $198,300 in the race.



Then, on Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m., the “leading contenders” will take part in a final mayoral debate co-hosted by NY1, WNYC/Gothamist, THE CITY, New York Law School, the Museum of the City of New York, CUNY’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and John Jay College.


The board defines a leading contender as a candidate with one (or more) of the following three things: campaign spending above $2.4 million, at least 1,000 contributions that qualify for the city’s public campaign finance program, or polling of at least 5% of surveyed likely voters from qualifying polling institutions.



Those rules mean that it’s likely that both of the two debates will include Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, Republican Curtis Sliwa, independent Andrew Cuomo and current mayor Eric Adams, also running independently. Other candidates include independents Jim Walden and Joseph Hernandez.



We’ll know soon who is officially on and off the ballot. The city’s Board of Elections is set to certify the November ballot on Sept. 11, according to the state’s political calendar. Then, the CFB will determine eligibility for the debates after campaign disclosures are due Oct. 3, it said.

The finance board will also stage debates for the offices of public advocate and comptroller. Here’s the full schedule:


  • Thursday, Oct. 9: Public advocate debate at 7 p.m., hosted by NY1
  • Tuesday, Oct. 14: Comptroller debate at 7 p.m., hosted by NY1
  • Thursday, Oct. 16: First mayoral debate at 7 p.m., hosted by WNBC
  • Tuesday, Oct. 21: Leading contenders debate for public advocate at 7 p.m., hosted by PIX11
  • Wednesday, Oct. 22: Leading contenders debate for mayor at 7 p.m., hosted by NY1
  • Thursday, Oct. 23: Leading contenders debate for comptroller at 7 p.m., hosted by PIX11

For the Oct. 22 debate, the event will also be streamed on THE CITY’s homepage, thecity.nyc, and broadcast on WNYC.


For the full details of the debate rules, visit the Campaign Finance Board’s debate page.
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