Poverty

A child tax credit increase likely to the newly Democratic Congress could drastically slash family poverty in the city — at least for one year amid the pandemic.

Hunger

Food-Insecure New Yorkers Seek More Meal Deliveries From City

Jan. 13, 2021, 10:29 p.m.Feb. 4, 2021, 2:19 p.m.

A survey commissioned by the de Blasio istration and obtained by THE CITY uncovered a profound need for more food — including a preference for produce they could cook at home.

Life

Evolving in COVID Crisis, NYC Mutual Aid Groups Head Into 2021 With Tablets, Toys — and Diapers

Jan. 4, 2021, 8:59 p.m.Jan. 4, 2021, 9:49 p.m.

Volunteers who sprang into action in the spring are still working feverishly to answer the yawning needs of New York as the pandemic stretches into the new year. They’ve had to adapt.

Hunger

Eighteen Million Meals: A Look Inside New York City’s Emergency Food Aid Stockpile

Sept. 20, 2020, 7:14 p.m.Sept. 21, 2020, 11:00 a.m.

A New Jersey warehouse, set up as a supply reserve during the height of the coronavirus crisis, is distributing items to food pantries in the city. The first deliveries go out Monday.

Poverty

New Rep. Ritchie Torres Bets on ‘Game-Changer’ to Bust Child Poverty in The Bronx and Beyond

Food-Insecure New Yorkers Seek More Meal Deliveries From City

Evolving in COVID Crisis, NYC Mutual Aid Groups Head Into 2021 With Tablets, Toys — and Diapers

Eighteen Million Meals: A Look Inside New York City’s Emergency Food Aid Stockpile

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