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I regret to report that the Coalition’s annual survey of soup kitchens and food pantries, which we just released, found that the number of people who were forced to use these programs soared in New York City in 2007, while food stocks drastically declined, forcing fully half of these programs to ration food. ...read more

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The number of people who use food pantries and soup kitchens soared in New York City in 2007, while food stocks drastically declined, forcing fully half of these programs to ration food.

The Coalition’s survey estimated that pantry and kitchen use increased by 20% in 2007, on top of the 11% increase in 2006 estimated by last year’s survey. This accelerating increase in hunger...

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On Tuesday, 6/5/07 NYCCAH released its local analysis of a national report calculating the economic costs of hunger. In this WBAI radio interview with Hugh Hamilton, Director of Programs and National Service JC Dwyer explains the significance of these findings for New Yorkers.

See: http://www.ny.gov/governor/press/0428071.html

Given that New York City has already begun to take significant steps to improve the quality of all school meals, and that virtually all City schools that provide school lunches already make breakfasts available, this bill would have somewhat limited direct impact on New York City schools. Still, it surely will provide even more momentum to the accelerating movement in the city to improve the nutritional content of school foods. ...read more

Created by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Making America Stronger commemorates the 30th anniversary of the Food Stamp Program by telling the story of how food stamps ended the problem of severe hunger in our country.

external links:

• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities ...read more

The West Harlem Farm Fresh Produce Anti-Hunger, Anti-Obesity Project

The New York City Coalition Against Hunger – in partnership with the
Hunger Action Network of New York State, the West Harlem Action
Network Against Poverty, and the United Way of New York City – is about
to launch an innovative new project to bring more nutritious food to West
Harlem residents. Seed funding for the project has been provided by the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and additional assistance will be
provided by the federally-funded AmeriCorps National Service Program. ...read more

Despite the recent stock market boom, the number of city residents who lack sufficient food, as well as the number forced to use charitable soup kitchens and food pantries, continued to soar, according to a new report by the New York City Coalition Against Hunger (NYCCAH). ...read more

On January 13-15, 2007, the New York City Coalition Against Hunger will sponsor our 4th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Anti-Hunger “Serve-a-Thon.” ...read more