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Without Electricity, New Yorkers on Food Stamps Cant Pay for Food
New York Times ^
01 November 2012
By: Jorge Rivas
Its been more than three days since power went out in many parts of New York City, including the Lower East Side where multi-story public housing complexes like the La Guardia Houses dont have electricity, heat or water.
Many of the residents are also without food.
Many of the low-income residents receive cash and supplemental nutritional assistance from the state electronically through what the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance calls Electronic Benefit Cards (EBT.)
Recipients buying eligible foods are suppose to swipe their EBT cards like any other credit card for their purchases but since Hurricane Sandy hit, most Lower East Side stores dont have electricity to run credit card transactions and are only accepting cash. Leaving many people on EBT with empty wallets, empty refrigerators and no access to food.
The supermarkets dont even really want to sell anything. Theyre open but if you dont have cash, you messed up. And everybody in these projects, they take EBT food stamps, a La Guardia Houses resident told WNYCs Marianne McCune.
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Without Electricity, New Yorkers on Food Stamps Cant Pay for Food - COLORLINES
New York Times ^
01 November 2012
By: Jorge Rivas
Its been more than three days since power went out in many parts of New York City, including the Lower East Side where multi-story public housing complexes like the La Guardia Houses dont have electricity, heat or water.
Many of the residents are also without food.
Many of the low-income residents receive cash and supplemental nutritional assistance from the state electronically through what the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance calls Electronic Benefit Cards (EBT.)
Recipients buying eligible foods are suppose to swipe their EBT cards like any other credit card for their purchases but since Hurricane Sandy hit, most Lower East Side stores dont have electricity to run credit card transactions and are only accepting cash. Leaving many people on EBT with empty wallets, empty refrigerators and no access to food.
The supermarkets dont even really want to sell anything. Theyre open but if you dont have cash, you messed up. And everybody in these projects, they take EBT food stamps, a La Guardia Houses resident told WNYCs Marianne McCune.
(Excerpt) Read more at:
Without Electricity, New Yorkers on Food Stamps Cant Pay for Food - COLORLINES