Greetings HRA,
First and foremost, I always treat everyone at HRA with the absolute utmost respect at all times. That is more important than any of this.
Thank you for saving my life with the food and money.
The stuff that is going on with law enforcement sabotaging people’s food at some, not all, soup kitchens is out of control. Thank God I don’t have to deal with that.
People I know pay the NYPD and others to harass me. That’s why I’m homeless.
Question. What is the story with the Baruch College student MetroCard money?
I’m a full-time student at Baruch College.
I think school starts back up on January 25, 2023.
If you’re not too busy, please let me know when the MetroCard money starts back up.
A few weeks ago, I stopped receiving my MetroCard money around Christmas 2022.
Additionally, can someone please look into why there are so many places in Manhattan that sell cold food that don’t accept SNAP/EBT/Food Stamps?
Sometimes I ask people at food stores, markets, supermarkets, etc., whether they take food stamps.
Some of them, not all, say they don’t take food stamps/EBT like it’s beneath them or something. Like, that’s for poor people or something like that.
In my humble opinion, that is ridiculous.
I appreciate the help.
I’m living in the street homeless for the past five years or longer.
I don’t drink.
I don’t smoke.
I don’t party.
I don’t do anything illegal.
Just no money and bad credit.
I don’t look homeless.
I understand the government doesn’t want people blowing the food money on bad things so that is why we are forced to spend out welfare food money at participating retailers.
The thing is, a number of Manhattan retailers are not accepting the card.
There are a lot of retailers that do accept the card.
I don’t understand why any cold food retailers would turn down food stamps when there are so many of us receiving them.
It doesn’t make sense.
Why would a company turn down government money?
Can someone please look into it?
Thank you and have a great day.
Mark Pine.
