Hunger
HUNGRY FOR MORE
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City Council passes legislation to ease food stamp application; city unveils borough-wide hunger task forces.
City Council passes legislation to ease food stamp application; city unveils borough-wide hunger task forces.
Pataki block grant plan would cut $150 million in city funds.
Will the city’s new voucher plan encourage self-sufficiency?
On the verge of a close presidential election, many donors are choosing to fund candidates at the expense of charities and nonprofits.
Black and Latino students trail their white classmates on every one of more than a dozen predictors of academic achievement.
The New York City-based Starr Foundation is putting up $6 million over the next two years for grants to local hunger relief agencies.
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.
On April 1st, low-income immigrants will slowly begin regaining the access to food stamps.
Upper East Side Senator Liz Krueger will head the Democrats’ campaign committee.