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People at a Bronx food bank - Nov. 21, 2012 (credit: Monica Miller / WCBS 880)

Sandy To Mean Greater Struggle For Already Strapped Food Banks

Food banks were strapped financially before superstorm Sandy, but they’re now trying to cope with even larger groups in need.

2012/11/21

FILE - A man shops at a Food Bank in New York City. (Photo by Joe Corrigan/Getty Images)

Advocates: NYC Food Stamp Finger Printing ‘Doesn’t Make Sense’

City leaders are calling on the Bloomberg administration to stop finger printing New Yorkers who are seeking food stamps, calling the practice unnecessary and punitive.

2011/10/12

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