Anti-hunger advocates praised Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s appointment today of Robert Doar to head the City’s Human Resources Administration (HRA), the agency that administers food stamps, welfare, Medicaid, and other social service programs.

Joel Berg, Executive Director of the New York City Coalition Against Hunger, offered the following statement: ...read more

Food Pantries and Soup Kitchens Would Receive 24% Boost; Advocates Hail Governor for “Leading with Both His Head and His Heart”

Governor Eliot Spitzer’s first budget proposal, released today, calls for a 24% increase in the main source of State government funding for New York State’s more than 2,000 charitable food pantries and soup kitchens. ...read more