Two reports indicate the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which used to be called food stamps, is failing to help as much as it should.
Though breastfeeding rates are up statewide, only a tiny proportion of new mothers breastfeed without using formula in many of New York City’s low-income communities. WIC is trying to change that.
Advocates hope access to healthy food, expanding school breakfast and ways to address hunger and the forces that drive it are issues that candidates for city office will be forced to discuss between now and Election Day.
During his weekly radio appearance on WNYC, the mayor said our reports about a proposed cut to a food program were inaccurate and suggested people should bypass the media to learn about the budget.
If Congressional Republicans slash food support, it will hurt—but there are steps the city can take to boost access to nutrition.
A system of pantries and soup kitchens sustains thousands of people, many of them working, in the borough. Lines stretch down blocks. People queue up three hours early.
As a candidate for mayor, Bill de Blasio said: ‘I think we have to end any stigma around school lunches and universalize it.’ Now more than ever, the author writes, city students need him to take that step.
Nearly half of the city households that lack consistent access to sufficient food include a working adult, says a new report.
Thanks to a federal policy, the city’s bookkeeping errors can put families needing help in an even bigger hole.
Their nighttime tours to find edible items among what restaurants and grocery stores have discarded fill their pantries—and raise the question of whether a larger solution to hunger lies in reducing food waste.
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