Long Island public assistance recipients with at least one child under 17 are among 120,000 statewide to get an extra $100 one-time payment from federal pandemic-era emergency funds other states failed to use, Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced.

New York received the $12 million in federal funding to provide a “one-time Family Economic Support payment to low-income families with children,” the governor said in a statement. Called the Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund, it will be administered by the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, and will provide households with children aged 17 and under that receive public assistance with a payment of “approximately $100,” the governor’s announcement said.

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