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food insecurity

Opinion: NYC Has Distributed 200 Million Pandemic Meals–But There’s More to do to Fight Hunger

By Kate MacKenzie and Dr. Melony Samuels | February 13, 2021

‘Crossing this milestone is bittersweet – a mark of what the government and civic sector can accomplish…but also a sad reminder that too many people were hungry before this crisis exacerbated the situation, and too many are still hungry today.’

Hunger

Opinion: NYC Faces a Hunger and Homelessness Crisis. Here’s How to Help.

By Josiah Haken | November 17, 2020

‘I know hunger is not new. But over the last six months in the New York City metro area it has become worse and there are easy ways that those of us with more than we need can move from awareness to action.’

The Coronavirus Crisis

Same Old Crisis: In Bushwick, Hunger and Joblessness Hold Steady in a Bad Place

By Daniel Parra | November 11, 2020

From local pols to community leaders, volunteers to residents, no one believes things are getting much better in the neighborhood now, months into the pandemic.

COVID-19

Months into Pandemic, City’s Mutual Aid Networks Evolve to Meet New Need

By Jeanmarie Evelly | November 2, 2020

It’s been more than seven months since New York started coronavirus lockdown measures, and just as the crisis itself has shifted and evolved over time, so too have the informal networks of volunteers and neighbors working to help one another endure it.

Coronavirus

Coronavirus Brings Hunger Crisis for Latinos in Queens

By Javier Castaño for QueensLatino | May 5, 2020

Queues of Latino residents waited recently outside a community center in Corona to collect food and fruit. The line extended for two blocks.

Economy

De Blasio Credited With Reducing Barriers to Nutrition Assistance

By Jonelle Carrera | August 14, 2018

But the number of SNAP participants in the city keeps falling. That could reflect good news about the economy, the impact of federal benefit cuts or the persistence at the city level of obstacles to families getting the help they need.

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