000 in food stamps. Yitzchok “Isaac” Sofer, a Hasidic religious leader, hosted a fundraiser for de Blasio’s 2013 mayoral campaign at the same time he was receiving food stamps illegally. …FBI…agents found that Sofer has
poverty; low-income; food stamps; supplemental nutrition assistance; child diet; recession1. Introduction Economic recessions can drastically increase poverty, unemployment, and risk for food insecurity, adversely impacting healthy eating and nutrition environments, and exacerbating pre-existing health ...