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DA: Nyack store owners bilked food stamp program

Customers at a Nyack convenience store were allowed to use food stamps to buy cigarettes and alcohol, according to prosecutors, who charged the store's owners with grand larceny Wednesday.

Nissar Ahmed, 59, and Shafaqat Ali, 46, are the co-owners of Nyack Food Mart on Waldron Avenue.

Ahmed and Ali allowed customers with Electronic Benefits Transfer cards -- debit-style cards that are...

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