About 12% of adults statewide aren’t getting enough to eat from week to week, according to the latest rolling survey from @nys_health. That’s only down slightly from a mid-pandemic peak of approximately 14%. gothamist.com/food/widesprea…
But Black and Hispanic New Yorkers continue to go hungry at dramatically higher rates than their white neighbors. gothamist.com/food/widesprea…
Food Bank for NYC distributed about 140 million pounds of food to pantries and kitchens across the city between April 2020 and March 2021, a 63% increase over the previous year. gothamist.com/food/widesprea…
City Harvest, a Manhattan-based food rescue organization that delivers to some 400 pantries and kitchens across the boroughs, has seen a similar trend.
Meanwhile, less than one of every five hungry New Yorkers reported using SNAP, suggesting that the federal program isn’t reaching everyone who needs it. gothamist.com/food/widesprea…
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