Thousands of New York City families received an average of $425 in public assistance after city and state officials settled a class action lawsuit that alleged those benefits were wrongfully reduced or stopped at points during an eight-year period, attorneys on the case said Monday.

That relief is ongoing; the settlement reached in the litigation provides a formula for class members who were affected at the time to receive benefits retroactively.

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