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New Yorkers who get money for groceries each month through a major government welfare program are suing New York for using outdated technology they say makes it too easy for thieves to steal their benefits.
Seven residents who say they have faced a common form of electronic benefits theft known as “skimming” on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, which administers the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. La Red de Pueblos Transnacionales, a South Bronx community organization that says its members have been victims of SNAP theft, also joined the suit as a plaintiff…