HUNGRY FOR MORE

City Council passes legislation to ease food stamp application; city unveils borough-wide hunger task forces.

ACROSS THE BOARD

Black and Latino students trail their white classmates on every one of more than a dozen predictors of academic achievement.

FINDING NEW MONEY

The New York City-based Starr Foundation is putting up $6 million over the next two years for grants to local hunger relief agencies.

A GARDEN GROWS IN BROOKLYN

As long lines continue to snake outside of soup kitchens and food pantries, one Brooklyn group is teaching local residents to rely less on those services — by growing and harvesting their own meals.