Power & Politics: The push to end TPS and SNAP – how it will affect NYC

Brooklyn Council Member Mercedes Narcisse and City Harvest's Jerome Nathaniel join the show.

News 12 Staff

Mar 2, 2025, 5:23 PM

Updated 15 hr ago

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The Trump administration is ending a longstanding policy allowing Haitian immigrants to live and work in the U.S. without fear of deportation. Temporary Protected Status is extended to those leaving select countries experiencing crisis and disaster. It's been in place for Haiti since the earthquake of 2010.
Brooklyn Council Member Mercedes Narcisse discusses the impact of ending TPS.
And the feds looking at cuts to supportive programs like SNAP. A local group went to Albany to advocate for the state to step in. Jerome Nathaniel, the director of policy and government relations at City Harvest, discusses efforts to preserve it.