food insecurity in nyc

Bryan Lozano’s love for Queens began during his childhood when he lived in Elmhurst, playing cricket and mahjong with other kids from his neighborhood. As he grew older, Lozano would relocate to different neighborhoods in Queens, but always called Elmhurst home.   When COVID-19 struck and Elmhurst became a hot spot in the country, Lozano (no relation to this article’s...

Homecoming NYC is a community-led organization working to support local restaurants and food-insecure individuals through restaurant crawls in Queens. (Video produced by Gabriella Lozano)

While community fridges have been serving those who are food insecure in New York City for years now, plant-based fridges aim to make sure that those who have a particular dietary need or follow a specific dietary lifestyle, like vegetarians and vegans, have access to free food as well. Located outside of Overthrow Boxing Club on Bleecker Street in NoHo,…

While community fridges have been serving those who are food insecure in New York City for years now, plant-based fridges aim to make sure that those who have a particular dietary need or follow a specific dietary lifestyle, like vegetarians and vegans, have access to free food as well. (Video produced by Ana Sandoval)

Volunteers came together to prepare meals for those in need during the holidays. Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

Volunteers throughout the tri-state area took the time to cook warm Thanksgiving meals for those in need, at a time when the pandemic has caused food insecurity to surge. Early Thursday morning, volunteers were already hard at work at The Bowery Mission in Manhattan preparing warm Thanksgiving meals for those in need. And while it is a tradition for the…

The pandemic has caused a surge in food insecurity in the tri-state area. Volunteers at the Bowery Mission are cooking up a festive meal to provide to those in need on Thanksgiving Day. Stacie Strahan reports.