Food Stamp Scammers Target New Yorkers

Customers of Ralphs supermarket use plastic bags to carry their groceries home on October 25, 2011 in Glendale, California.

Over 61,000 New Yorkers have submitted a claim of EBT fraud since August of last year. Bahar Ostadan, WNYC and Gothamist reporter covering the NYPD and public safety, reports on how these thefts are happening and who is targeted. And NY Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas (AD-34, Corona, East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, and Woodside) joins us for a few minutes to explain how lawmakers are dealing with the issue.