Elected officials and anti-hunger outreach groups on Thursday called upon the state government to increase food funding as COVID-era benefits are set to expire next month.
New Yorkers lined around the block on 86th Street and West End Avenue on Feb. 23 while clinging to empty carts. The group — made up of ages ranging from children to the elderly — waited for the food distribution handed out by the West Side Campaign Against Hunger.
While sights like these were frightfully common during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the reality is that many city dwellers continue to suffer from food insecurity in 2023, and according to several politicians and experts on undernourishment, it may only grow worse.
