"This is the Grinch that stole your benefits before the holidays," David Greenfield, executive director of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty charity, told The Post.
"$100, $200 may not seem like a lot to me and you, but if you're on a fixed income and your income is $900 a month ... that's the difference between having breakfast, lunch and dinner."
"We got a new EBT card, that will help us, but we are waiting [for the money to be replenished] and so far nothing," Akhtyrchenko, 85, said, adding that her daughter has stepped in to cook and host their family's Hanukkah dinner next week.
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