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How to Get Help Paying for Food and Groceries in NYC

Jul 6, 2024 davidstone1313

Many New Yorkers face food insecurity, with 1 in 4 experiencing limited access to adequate nutrition. The SNAP program helps, but stigma and shame often deter eligible individuals from applying. Understanding the eligibility criteria and application…

Sep 7, 2022 ‘It’s Becoming Too Expensive to Live’: Anxious Older Adults Try to Cope With Limited Budgets Economic insecurity is upending the lives of millions of older adults as soaring housing costs and inflation diminish the value of fixed…

May 13, 2022 17,000 kids a day are dying because of malnutrition. What will you do? Did you know that every day, more than 17,000 children die from hunger and malnutrition? This is equivalent to one child every…

Feb 2, 2022 Here’s How Homelessness in New York Compares to the Rest of the Country Homelessness is on the rise in the United States. According to a study published by the National Alliance to End Homelessness, the number…

Jan 27, 2022 AN UNCHARITABLE VIEW OF CHARITY If billionaires are saying they want to “give back,” it’s because we’ve been letting them take too much. By Jim Hightower | January 26,…

Dec 25, 2021 How Excess Military Spending Blocks Building Back Better Understanding why President Biden’s Build Back Better plan stalled requires consuming a big fat reality sandwich: The United States spends more on…

Nov 9, 2021 More Than 100,000 NYC Students Are Homeless, New Report Finds Reema Amin, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Nov 8 at 11:59am ESTby THE CITY/Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE…

Oct 14, 2021 Still Sleeping in the Roosevelt Island Subway. Is there no solution? Last month, we posted about the high volume of people finding a place to sleep in the Roosevelt Island subway station. Mid-morning…

Jun 24, 2021 TO FIGHT POVERTY, CUT THE PENTAGON BUDGET For me, the military wasn’t a way out of poverty. Instead, militarism is why so many of us are poor in the…

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