This year alone, thousands of low-income New Yorkers have had benefits stolen from their EBT cards, which allow them to buy food at certain stores. “It was very hard,” one victim told City Limits after having her SNAP account drained three separate times.
In just a year, Theresa Price, a resident at NYCHA’s Woodside Houses, has had her food assistance money—which she qualifies for under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—stolen three times.
Each time it happened, it left her with $292 less to eat that month.
Each time, she borrowed money to cover what got taken…