In New York City, 2 Million Residents Face Food Insecurity, Officials Say

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'Before the coronavirus, we thought somewhere around a million people were food insecure and needed food,' Mayor Bill de Blasio said. Now, 1 in 4 New Yorkers may be going hungry.

National Guard members help load up boxes at a food distribution center at Kingsbridge Armory in New York City last month.Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

That means roughly one in four New Yorkers face food insecurity. Daily meals will be delivered or available for pickup and will be packaged to reflect many New Yorkers religious dietary restrictions, officials said. De Blasio said local officials have already delivered 32 million free meals since he declared a state of emergency on March 12 over the coronavirus.

 

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OR fix the system built to do exactly what it’s doing now

While NYC is closed and people are starving, FL is opening Legoland, Universal Orlando, and Disney...with safety guidelines.

Let them go to restaurants. Reopen the economy.

The families in my neighborhood want groceries not prepared meals. They want to cook and eat as a family. Groceries are cheaper and more efficient. We need to expand the local Health Bucks program so immigrant families can go to the grocery store with dignity. NYCMayor

Pull together znew Yorkers and look after your fellow brothers and sisters

America 1!!!!!!!

I don’t see many starving people in nyc majority look over weight. If people are legitimately going hungry we should do everything in our to help them however Govt is usually really poor at helping.

The big question is how NYCMayor will blame this on Florida.

Lol

We did it Reddit!

It's like the USA is a third world country

NY has dropped the ball. Big time. The Media should figure that out.

Terrible! Poor them!!

They need to let them go back to work.

That democrats for ya

They are America not in usa no need

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