New Online Maps – and Pantry and Kitchen Sites – Expand Access;

Children Get Meals “Just By Showing Up” Until August 29

In order to make it easier for parents to access the free Summer Meals program for their children, the New York City Coalition Against Hunger has teamed up with the City to make new online maps. The Coalition also worked with the City to provide Summer Meals at fifteen soup kitchens and food pantries for the first time in 2008 in addition to continuing the program at more than 700 pre-existing sites. ...read more

For the second time in five months, Governor David Paterson and the State Legislature slashed food funding to emergency soup kitchens and food pantries, despite the soaring need at such agencies. ...read more

Worse Inequality than Sri Lanka or Mexico;
City’s Poverty Still Higher than when Mayor Bloomberg Took Office

New York State continued to have far more inequality of income than any other state in the nation, according to 2007 American Community Survey data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. In just the one year between 2006 and 2007, the percent of the state’s income earned by the top fifth (the top 20%) wealthiest New Yorkers rose from 52.6 percent to 53.2 percent.

At .50, New York State now has a higher Gini index, which measures inequality of income, than ...read more