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SNAP Shutdown Pause and New Work Rules: What You Need to Know   A Nov. 1 pause on SNAP benefits threatens food assistance for 1.7 million New Yorkers, just as new work requirements also take effect. This article originally appeared in The City. By Lauren Hartley Bronx Voice October 29, 2025 BRONX NEWS - As the government shutdown stretches on, more than 1.7 million New York City residents who rely on SNAP benefits will not receive them as soon as Nov. 1. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), once known as food stamps, is funding sent out monthly by the federal government to low-income people to help them buy food.  Most SNAP recipients in New York State are children, elderly or disabled , according to the New York City Food Policy Center at Hunter College. And now, they are imminently at risk of losing those crucial funds — with no end to the shutdown in sight. The Senate has voted at least a dozen times on a funding bill that could end the shu...

Edenwald Shooting - Masked Gunmen Sought

Cops Searching for Gunmen for Shooting at Edenwald Houses
The NYPD is searching for these men in connection with a shooting in Edenwald. -Photos by NYPD

The NYPD is searching for these men in connection with a shooting in Edenwald. -Photos by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

March 6, 2024


BRONX - Cops are looking for two men dressed in black and wearing facemarks in connection with a shooting at Edenwald Houses, the NYPD said. 


Cops released new surveillance video of the suspected gunmen from last month’s shooting at the Edenwald Houses. Both were covered in black.


At around 8:48 pm on February 25, a 25-year-old male was standing in the vicinity of Laconia Avenue and East 228 Street. Cops said a pair of gunmen dressed in black opened fire striking the victim in the abdomen. 


The gunmen were seen fleeing on foot. 


EMS rushed the victim to Jacobi Medical Center where he was listed in critical but stable condition. 


The first suspect wore a black hoodie, black jogging pants and red shoes. He also wore a black knitted cap with a blue paper face mask. 


The second suspect wore a black bubble jacket, with a black hoodie underneath. He wore a knitted black face mask along with black jogging pants. He also wore a pair of black Air Jordans with red laces. 


Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


All calls are strictly confidential.

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