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Crown Heights: 'For two weeks last month, we didn't have any food at all.'

Lunchtime, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at the First Mary Magdalene Temple and Seventh Day Pentecostal Church.

Bushwick: 'I see a lot of older people come now.'

Lunchtime, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at the Salvation Army.

Midwood: 'They can come into a store that's neat and feel good about it.'

Lunchtime, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at B’nai Raphael Chesed.

Economy In Depth

Williamsburg: 'Normal families need food. This is ridiculous.'

Lunchtime, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at the Southside Community Mission.

Crown Heights: 'If you come in hot, I know how to cool you down.'

Lunchtime, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at the Bethany United Methodist Church soup kitchen.

Economy In Depth

Bed-Stuy: 'I have seen less produce, less food … but more people.'

Lunchtime, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at the Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger.

Bushwick: 'There are kids out there who are hungry besides us.'

Lunchtime, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at the Trinity Human Service Center.

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