Senator John Edwards met with local food pantry clients and toured the Yorkville Common Pantry in East Harlem today as a part of the “Half in Ten” Campaign, which aims to reduce poverty in the United States by 50% in ten years. The New York City Coalition Against Hunger and World Hunger Year joined Senator Edwards in bringing attention to widespread hunger and poverty in New York City. ...read more

The number of meals served by City-supported soup kitchens and food pantries was nine percent higher in Spring 2008 than a year before, despite the City’s boast that continued reductions in the welfare rolls have resulted in the fewest people receiving public assistance in 42 years. In April of 2008, according to the City, feeding charities provided more than one million meals. ...read more