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Meet activists from across the five boroughs, from oyster keepers in The Bronx to environmental justice advocates in Brooklyn, interviewed by student reporters enrolled in the City Limits Accountability Reporting…

ByCity Limits 0Comments

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Oct 2021

Economy Government Opinion

Opinion: New York City’s Food Waste is a Solvable Issue

‘We know how to reduce food waste, we just need to find the will to do it.’

ByKevin Irving 1Comment

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Oct 2021

Government Health Housing and Homelessness

COVID Cash Assistance Helped 1 Million New Yorkers Avoid Poverty, Report Finds

Researchers said their findings counter a narrative that stimulus payments and unemployment benefits were “too generous” and disincentivized work.

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Sep 2021

CLARIFY Economy Housing and Homelessness

A Year and a Half Into Pandemic, NYC’s Mutual Aid Movement at a Turning Point

The mutual aid movement continues, but groups are increasingly seeking new ways to ensure their long-term sustainability.

ByArden Sklar 2Comments

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Aug 2021

Education Opinion

Opinion: As College Classes Resume, New York Must Invest in Ending Student Hunger

‘College campus food pantries have short hours of operation, lack physical space, and regularly run out of food. Already strained, many have been stretched to a breaking point under the…

ByHaley Schusterman 0Comments

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Feb 2021

Opinion

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

‘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…

ByKate MacKenzie

ByDr. Melony Samuels 1Comment

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Nov 2020

Opinion Resources

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

‘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…

ByJosiah Haken 0Comments

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Nov 2020

Uncategorized

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

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.

ByDaniel Parra 1Comment

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Nov 2020

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

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

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…