After reports of stolen Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and cash assistance increased due to Electronic Benefits Transfer skimming, Council Member Sandra Ung is urging recipients in Queens to remain vigilant of illegal devices on point-of-sale terminals to capture card information.
The reports come a year after House Republicans, who had a majority in the House of Representatives at the time, allowed for the expiration of a temporary federal reimbursement program that allowed victims of EBT skimming to recover stolen benefits, despite the Democratic caucus advocating for and attempting to extend it in the 2024 stopgap spending bill.
