 The IRS recognizes the Food Bank For New York City as the largest coordinator of civilian tax assistance in the country. Food Bank volunteers, who have received IRS certification, help provide as much as $100 million in tax refunds for New York City's working poor annually.
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Press ClippingsFollowing are highlights of media coverage concerning the Food Bank's ongoing work to end food poverty throughout the five boroughs. Included here are feature stories, Letters to the Editor, Op-Ed pieces and television, radio and Web coverage. For more information, including copies of available articles, please contact Carol Schneider, Media Relations Manager.
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Archives: 2009 "Healthy Meals for Poor US Kids," Al Jazeera English, July 5, 2010 "Failure of State Soda Tax Plan Relfects Power of an Antitax Message," New York Times, July 2, 2010 "A Charitable Celebration," Tonic, June 30, 2010 "Non Profit Reps Discuss Economic Challenges on 'Inside City Hall'" NY1.com, June 28, 2010 "Eating and Being," Roger Repohl, June 15, 2010 "Food Network's Lee Mum on Political Recipe" NY1.com, May 19, 2010
"Food Relief Organizations Come To Distribute Kosher-For-Passover-Packages," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Food Bank's Can-Do Awards: The Numbers, MouthingOff, Food & Wine blog, April 22, 2010 Highlights of the Food Bank 2010 Can-Do Awards MouthingOff, Food & Wine blog, April 21, 2010 "More Americans Turn to Food Stamps for Help," Voice of America News, April 13, 2010 "Join the TONY Challenge," Time Out New York, April 8, 2010 "Food Relief Organizations Come Together to Distribute Kosher-for-Passover Packages," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 29, 2010 "ERDA Pushes Free Tax Prep Aid," The Queens Gazette, March 17, 2010 "Filing Those Tax Returns, With Help From the City," The New York Times, March 16, 2010 "Providing for the City's Pet Population," WNYC, March 16, 2010 "The Obesity-Hunger Paradox," The New York Times, March 12, 2010 "Free Tax Center Helps Brooklynites File for EITC Credit," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, February 18, 2010 "Produce Industry Contributes Heavily to Feeding New York's Hungry," The Packer, February 18, 2010 "Low Income NYers Get Tax Tips, Bigger Refunds," WPIX, February 14, 2010 "Dr. Lucy Cabrera, Letter to the Editor," The Economist, February 11, 2010 "Once Stigmatized, Food Stamps Find New Acceptance," The New York Times, February 10, 2010 "US Unemployment Shows a Surprise Decline," BBC, February 5, 2010 "Food Bank Offers Free Tax Help As Uncle Sam Offers Sizable Tax Credit," NY1, February 2, 2010 "New York's Hungry Children," NBC New York, February 2, 2010 "My 2010 Wish List For NYC," The Huffington Post, January 27, 2010 "1.3 Million New Yorkers Rely on Emergency Food," ICM, January 20, 2010 "The Big Apple Is Hungry," The Economist, January 14, 2010  |
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