BRONX BUREAU
Thanksgiving, 2019: Bronx, N.Y.
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Food and family. Plans and doubts. Need and friendship.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Traditional Dairy Products Are on the Decline. That’s Good News.
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‘The rapid growth of the plant-based dairy alternative market can be credited to these health and environmental motives, among others.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Congressional Action Against Hunger Could Save Kids—and Money
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‘Hunger is linked to a host of downstream negative physical, emotional, and social effects. Knowing this, how does America allow one in seven of our children to struggle with hunger?’
Jackson Heights
Nepali Restaurant Wins Annual NYC ‘Momo Crawl’ for Third Year in a Row
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Nepali Bhanccha Ghar, a Nepali restaurant in Jackson Heights, won the annual food event, which aims to showcase the neighborhood’s South Asian communities and cultures, Everest Times reports.
Bronx
NYC to Get New Hub for Locally Grown Food
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The new Bronx distribution facility for regional food will boost supply and potentially lower price, backers say.
Age Justice
NYC’s Seniors Get Solid Wins in City’s Budget
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Overall, the budget for the Department for The Aging will grow 13 percent in 2020 from the previous year, reaching $411 million.
CityPlate
See Which NYC Schools Eat Lunch Before 10 a.m.
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Students at 51 percent of schools citywide head to the lunchroom at 11:00 a.m. or earlier. Where does your child’s school rank? And why is it so hard to feed kids at a normal time?
ABAWDS
Trump Admin.’s Food Stamp Move Could Cost City Economy $150M
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Waivers that exempt able-bodied adults in areas of higher unemployment from food-stamp work rules encourage dependency, conservatives say. But local experts contend the cost of withdrawing those waivers will exceed any benefit.
Age Justice
Opinion: It’s Time to Make NY a #FairCity4AllAges
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‘At less than one-half of 1 percent of the city’s overall budget, the Department for the Aging has long struggled to receive the financial support it requires to meet its mission of ensuring the ‘the dignity and quality of life of diverse older adults.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Time for Albany to Harvest Long Overdue Crop of Justice for NYS Farmworkers
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‘For the farmworkers of New York State, the Farmworkers Fair Labors Practices Act (FFLPA) is a promising remediation to exploitative labor practices, poor living conditions and a pernicious exemption from legal protections or mechanisms to fight against it.’
