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Hunger

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Congress Should Act Now to Extend School Food Waivers

By Nausher Khan | April 22, 2022

“Many food management companies and producers of color are small to mid-sized, and we have benefited from the added flexibility in the way schools negotiate. The waivers have allowed us to retain staff and pay an honest living wage and continue buying fresh produce while serving scratch-made meals to a larger student body.”

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Heightened Food Insecurity in NYC Likely to Persist Long After Pandemic Wanes, Experts Say

By Jeanmarie Evelly | December 8, 2021

The pandemic worsened the hunger crisis for many New Yorkers, though more severe impacts were staved off by COVID relief programs. But need is expected to rise again, as government benefits expire, and the state’s eviction moratorium ends in January.

City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York

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

By Kevin Irving | October 8, 2021

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

nyc schools

Opinion: How NYC Families Can Donate Their Pandemic Food Benefits

By David Rubel | September 22, 2021

‘If our most affluent public school families choose to donate the value of their P-EBT card, New York City charities could reap as much as $150 million.’

COVID-19
Meal Hub

COVID-19’s Unrelenting Impact on Hunger in New York City

By Jarrett Murphy | March 18, 2021

A top nutrition advocate says the pandemic exacerbated a significant hunger crisis in the city. And a year later, it is still exacerbating it—although the federal stimulus package will deliver help.

Art Chang

The Policy Shop: Subways Every Six Minutes, Green Infrastructure and Childcare for All

By Jarrett Murphy | February 17, 2021

Candidates for NYC mayor and other posts continued to publish big ideas for the city’s problems, including hunger, transit, gun violence and a pitch for universal childcare for kids as young as one.

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Meal Hub

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.’

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Opinion: What Do Biden and Trump Counties Have in Common? High Poverty

By Joel Berg | November 20, 2020

‘We need a clearheaded new approach, based on the reality that the majority of struggling Americans could climb out—and stay out—of poverty, but only with significant help.’

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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.’

Education

City’s Pandemic School Food Offerings Should Include Hot Meals, Councilmember Urges

By Jeanmarie Evelly | November 17, 2020

Councilman Mark Treyger says the city should tap into the resources it uses to run its senior meal delivery program to offer similar hot food options to students, saying his office has received “numerous complaints” about the current grab-and-go cold meals at schools.

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