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5 Numbers Show How Hunger Is Worsening in N.Y.C.


5 Numbers Show How Hunger Is Worsening in N.Y.C.

Elaine Chen

Elaine ChenReporting from New York City

But food stamps are limited to citizens and certain categories of immigrants.

Alex Rapaport, who heads Masbia, a food pantry organization, said food stamps should be made more available in a crisis like this.

“The most dignified way of feeding people is food stamps,” Alex said, “Why turn all of America into a bread line?”

More than a million New Yorkers can’t afford food. Here’s how pantries became their lifeline.



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