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Panhandlers Claim that NYC Mayor Doesn’t Exist

Posted by admin on April 1, 2012

For Immediate Release: April 1, 2012


Occupy Wall Street then Sleeps Outside to Decry People Sleeping Outside; Legions of Ambitious Local Pols Hold “Urgent”
Sunday Pressers to Respond

A few months after a man who claimed to be Mayor of New York City, using an assumed name “Bloomberg,” declared that panhandlers no longer existed in the city, thousands of panhandlers held a rally at Zuccotti Park to declare that the Mayor didn’t exist.


Bloomberg Compares Food Stamps Recipients to Terrorists

Posted by admin on January 9, 2012

Advocates Blast “Beyond the Pale Demonizing of Poverty"

For Immediate Release: January 6, 2012

Advocates Also Release Point-by-Point Rebuttal of Bloomberg Claims

Joel Berg, Executive Director of the New York City Coalition Against Hunger, issued this statement:

“On John Gambling's radio show this morning, Mayor Bloomberg claimed that, just as we will never know how much terrorism was prevented by the New York Police Department, we will never know how much fraud was prevented by food stamps finger imaging. Comparing all food stamps recipients – the vast-majority of whom are law-abiding citizens – to terrorists, even indirectly, is a beyond the pale demonizing of people forced to live in poverty. In another recent statement by the Mayor, he said that collecting DNA from criminals is essentially the same as collecting their finger prints. There is no question that finger imaging is an electronic stop-and- frisk, which assumes that low-income people are guilty until proven innocent. In yet another recent interview, Bloomberg implied that all people who didn’t want to give their finger prints have something to hide. This was another shocking statement that entirely ignores both the Bill of Rights and shows a disregard for the civil liberties that prevent America from becoming a totalitarian society. It is truly heartbreaking that a Mayor with a reputation for non-ideological, data-based governing – who has taken fact-based, common sense, stands on issues like gun control, religious liberty, and marriage equity – descends into misinformed right-ring rants against low-income people that drag him down into the Newt Gingrich realm.


Advocates Cheer Governor’s No Child Hunger Pledge

Posted by admin on January 6, 2012

Praise Governor’s “Common Sense Call” to End Food Stamps Finger Imaging

For immediate release: January 4, 2012


City’s Secret Holiday Gift for Hungry New Yorkers: Kicking 13,015 People Off the Food Stamp Rolls

Posted by admin on January 3, 2012

Advocates Blast “Holiday-Weekend Cover-Up of Failing Policies”

For immediate release: December 31, 2011

According to data posted on the web site of the City’s Human Resources Administration just before the close of business on Friday, the City removed 13,015 people from the federal Food Stamp rolls in November of 2011. Click here to view the PDF file of HRA's November 2011 numbers. Despite soaring poverty and unemployment in New York City, Food Stamp Program participation has decreased in six of the last 12 months in the city, even though it has increased significantly during that time in the rest of New York State and nationwide.


New Report: NYC Child Hunger Soars While Local Feeding Programs Close Due to Federal Cuts

Posted by admin on November 22, 2011

USDA Data: 1 out of 4 Children in NYC is Food Insecure

Advocates ask, “Why aren’t kids and local food programs ‘Too Big to Fail’”?


Census: Poverty Soars by 11% in NY State

Posted by admin on September 13, 2011


Three Million State Residents – 1 in 6 – Now Poor


Poverty Surge Evident at Area Food Pantries, Soup Kitchens
Advocates Call Data “Wake-Up Call” to Pass Obama Jobs Plan
Line of Poor New Yorkers Would Reach from Times Square to Golden Gate Bridge

The number of New York State residents that live below the poverty line ($18,310 for a family of three) increased by 11% from the 2007-2008 time period to the 2009-2010 time period, according to new federal Census data released today. More than three million state residents – one in six – now live in poverty. Download NYCCAH's full press release here.


New York State Hunger Highest in History

Posted by admin on September 10, 2011


New York State Hunger Highest in History
USDA: 56% Jump Over Six Years


2.5 Million State Residents Live in Households That Can’t Afford Enough Food; Advocates Call on Government to Stop Cutting Hunger Programs

The number of New York State residents that live in homes that directly suffer from hunger, a conditioned labeled by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) as “very low food security,” increased by 56% from the 2005-2007 time period to the 2008-2010 time period, according to a new government report.


One Million Dollar City Study on Living Wage Bill Wrong on Key Assertion, New Analysis Proves

Posted by anonymous (not verified) on May 20, 2011

The City’s million- dollar study opposing the enactment of a living wage bill is wrong when it asserts that the increased salaries mandated in the measure would significantly deprive workers of nutrition assistance benefits, according to a new analysis by the New York City Coalition Against Hunger.


Federal Budget Deal Cuts Hunger, Obesity Programs

Posted by admin on April 21, 2011

For immediate release: April 12, 2011

Federal Budget Deal Cuts Hunger, Obesity Programs
Hundreds of NYC-Based Pantries and Kitchens Lose Two Million Dollars

According to information just released by Congress, the budget deal agreed to by the President and Congressional leaders would cut programs that fight hunger and obesity in New York City and nationwide.


Advocates Conduct Organ Donation Drive: Collect Spines for Liberal, Hearts for Conservative, Elected Officials

Posted by admin on April 21, 2011

For Immediate Release: April 1, 2011

Citing countless times that key liberal elected officials have caved into far right-wing demands with no fight whatsoever, the New York City Coalition Against Hunger (NYCCAH) launched a campaign to encourage members of the public to donate backbones which can be surgically implanted into such leaders.


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