It turns out that there are over 200,000 households in Brooklyn who qualify for Food Stamps but are not enrolled. This is federal money that is going to waste. Speaker Christine C. Quinn and Council Member Letitia James want to remedy this problem and get the Food Stamps to people who really need them. In these tough economic times that sounds like a great idea.
Tomorrow morning, Speaker Quinn and Council Member James will announce the completion and the findings of the Brooklyn borough Medicaid Food Stamp data match, an initiative that identified 211,801 Brooklyn households currently enrolled in Medicaid who may be qualified for the food stamp program, but are not enrolled.
WHAT: Press Conference
WHERE: Hanson Place Central United Methodist Church Food Pantry
144 St. Felix St., Downtown Bklyn.
WHEN: Wednesday, June 18, 2008
WHO: Speaker Christine C. Quinn
Council Member Letitia James
Hunger Advocates
TIME: 10:00 a.m.
what a joke. The city council should be disbanded. all these political deals with taxpayer’s money to buy their elections. Thanks James for being a sell-out. Quinn does not belong in the council. she is cruel and incompetent and what about the slush funds. what a sorry city counicl