WIC in NYC?

[aamna]

I want to apply for WIC because we could use the help. I know on the federal website it says vaccinations are not tied to wic benefits, but I think I read somewhere that in NY you shouldn't tell them you're not vaccinating because they might get authorities after you or something. I tried to do a search, but it's not coming up on the site. I had originally intended to show them his birth certificate as a form of ID (rather than the immunization card that they want), but the jerk at the ped's office wrote "mother refuses vaccinations" over the immunization section of the WIC application even though he wasn't required to fill out that section. ugh! are there any other new yorkers that were able to get wic when they knew you weren't vaccinating?

[mrskennedy]

Here's a link for the NY vax exemption info:
http://www.vaclib.org/exempt/newyork.htm

They can threaten to call authorities on you all they want, but they have no legal basis to! Exemptions are as legal as it gets, and they MUST give you WIC benefits whether you vax or not. Not doing so would be like saying, "Ok, you have a limp. So we're not giving you WIC."