Meng calls on Department of Homeland Security to restore funding for local food pantries

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng has called on the Department of Homeland Security to restore millions of dollars in funding for food pantries across Queens and New York City.

In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Meng contended that New York City food pantries are no longer receiving the funding they need from FEMA’s Emergency Food and Shelter Program while the agency conducts a review into “all grants to non-governmental organizations.”