This podcast interview originally appeared on Robin Hood.

NEW YORK — Food Bank For New York City President and CEO Leslie Gordon joins the Robin Hood Podcast to discuss the daily realities of food insecurity as SNAP benefits stall amid the federal shutdown—and families across the city face impossible choices between paying rent and putting food on the table.

“These families have to make unimaginable choices,” Gordon said. “And unfortunately, rent eats first.”

Drawing on three generations of her family’s work fighting hunger in this city, Gordon breaks down what food insecurity actually looks like, why federal inaction hits New York families hardest, and what it will take—sustained support, collective action, real policy change—to ensure every New Yorker has access to nutritious food with dignity.

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Food Bank For New York City is NYC’s largest hunger-relief organization. For more than 40 years, we’ve been empowering every New Yorker to achieve food security for good. Together with our member network of nearly 800 soup kitchens and food pantries, we provide fresh produce, culturally relevant food, SNAP assistance and nutrition education to nearly every neighborhood in all five boroughs. Learn more or get involved at foodbanknyc.org.

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