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Hunger

Hunger

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

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

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.

aid

La necesidad de comida parece no haber cambiado en Bushwick

Daniel Parra | November 5, 2020

Desde los senadores estatales, pasando por los políticos locales, líderes comunitarios, voluntarios y residentes de Bushwick, ninguno de ellos ve que las cosas estén mejorando en Bushwick.

2020 campaign
serviam gardens

Septuagenarians Running for President Differ on Key Issues for Older New Yorkers

Gail Robinson | October 19, 2020

On Social Security, healthcare, housing and food support, Joe Biden and Donald Trump offer different visions to older New Yorkers.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Restaurants and Grocers Can Ease NYC’s Hunger Crisis

Shaun Abreu | September 28, 2020

‘New York City need not look far to increase food resources for those in need: it should incentivize grocers and restaurants to donate excess prepared food that would otherwise go to waste.’

COVID-19
City Harvest pantry

Six Months Into Pandemic, NYC’s Hunger Crisis is ‘Getting Even Worse,’ Advocates Say

Jeanmarie Evelly | September 13, 2020

One food pantry says it’s seen the number families seeking help at its doors jump from 200 a week to nearly 6,500.

Voices of New York

Hunger ‘Skyrocketing’ in Latino Neighborhoods Hard-Hit by COVID

Edwin Martínez for El Diario | August 25, 2020

In order to survive, people who do not qualify for any direct federal, state or municipal financial aid have turned to queuing twice a week at pantries across the five boroughs.

Economy

Video Shows NYC Pantry’s Work: Should Billionaires Get the Bill?

Jarrett Murphy | August 11, 2020

A group of lawmakers and their advocacy allies are hoping to change that, with a law that creates a fund for excluded workers and pays for it with a tax on billionaires.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: How Domestic Hunger Became a Partisan Issue

Joel Berg | July 18, 2020

‘Most Democrats in Congress support increasing hunger funding while the vast majority of House Republicans, and most Senate Republicans, support such reductions. Hunger is now as partisan as gun control and abortion.’

Age Justice
home delivered meals

Crisis Led to Shift in Senior Meals that’s Raising Concerns

Roshan Abraham | June 5, 2020

New enrollees in NYC’s home-delivered meals program for seniors are being diverted to the city’s emergency food program—which advocates say doesn’t deliver the same quality or support.

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