New York City is still struggling to promptly process New Yorkers’ applications for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Cash Assistance benefits – a pervasive, ongoing problem that’s left thousands of New Yorkers struggling to pay for food and other purchases. While SNAP application timeliness remained steady – albeit lower than previous fiscal years – cash assistance timeliness rates declined nearly 41 percentage points in the first four months of the fiscal year compared to the same period in fiscal year 2023, according to the Preliminary Mayor’s Management report.