food insecurity

The closures risk cutting vulnerable New Yorkers off from key benefits, including food assistance, health screenings, and nutrition counseling.

In the first half of 2022, New Yorkers visited food pantries and soup kitchens about 3.5 million times per month, on average, according to the food rescue organization City Harvest.

An expansion of the federal safety net is all that has prevented “developing-world levels of famine,” one expert said.

New Yorkers can check out numerous Thanksgiving Day meal events and food drives around the city this week.

"I want every single person here to look over there before you leave today and say never again in this state."

To find community meal sites, visit schools.nyc.gov/SummerMeals, call 311, or text “FOOD” or “COMIDA” to 877-877.

While some families have used their stimulus checks to cover costs, others are racking up credit card debt and borrowing money from friends.

Volunteers with Muslims Giving Back have met hundreds of homeless and low-income communities in the streets to hand out hot meals and other necessities every night during Ramadan.

"It really hurts that someone would do this."

The city’s food pantries and soup kitchens have seen 65% more people this year than they did last year, according to a new report from the group Hunger Free America.