'Beefing Up' NYC's Emergency Food Supply
Since SNAP benefits were reduced in 2013, Triada Stampas, vice president for research and public affairs at the Food Bank for New York City, talks about the increased traffic at food banks and soup...
View ArticleThe Foundation That 'Started by Asking'
Reynold Levy, president of the Robin Hood Foundation, former president of Lincoln Center and former president of the International Rescue Committee, author of They Told Me Not to Take that Job: Tumult,...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Ramadan Begins, Going Hungry in NYC, 100 Years After WWI
In case you missed them, hear three of our favorite segments from the week:First Week of Fasting for Ramadan (First) | Politics' Impact on NYC Hunger (Starts 23:14) | 100 Years After WWI (Starts 48:48)...
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Study suggests when mobile markets take wireless food stamps, more people buy...
The NYU study, published on Thursday in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease, focused on the Bronx section of New York City. Photo By Michael D. ReganMore people in poor neighborhoods purchased...
View ArticleRep. Torres on China Hearing, SNAP, and More
U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY15) talks about Tuesday's committee hearing on U.S./China relations and other Congressional news.
View ArticleThe History of SNAP Benefits
This month, the size of millions of Americans' SNAP benefits will be shrinking as the federal government winds down its pandemic-era food assistance. Janet Poppendieck, professor emerita of sociology...
View ArticleCall Your Senator: Sen Gillibrand on Her Five-Point Aging Plan, Expanding...
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D NY), talks about her work in Washington, including her new Five-Point Aging Plan, preserving SNAP benefits, the mifepristone cases and more.
View ArticleFood Stamp Scammers Target New Yorkers
Over 61,000 New Yorkers have submitted a claim of EBT fraud since August of last year. Bahar Ostadan, WNYC and Gothamist reporter covering the NYPD and public safety, reports on how these thefts are...
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