Island Harvest, Schumer, advocates warn of fallout from cuts to food programs for LI in proposed federal budget
Advocacy groups gathered Monday at the food bank’s warehouse in Melville with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to warn of potential cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that provides food to about 150,000 Long Islanders and 1.7 million people in New York City, Schumer said.