Following are highlights of media coverage concerning 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, television, radio and web coverage.

For more information, including copies of available articles, please contact Carol Schneider,  Associate Director, Media Relations. 

Archives: 2016|2015|2014|2013|2012|2011|2010|2009-1|

 

SEPTEMBER

• Food Bank For NYC Holds ‘Go Orange to End Hunger’ Event. NY1, 9/14/2016
• Meet Olivia, Food Bank’s face of hunger in New York City. PR Week, 9/12/2016
• Brooklyn’s Food Gap.  New York Times, 9/9/2016

AUGUST

• Too Rich to be Poor, Too Poor to Get By.  Wilson Quarterly, Summer 2016
• Why This Food Bank is Turning Away Junk Food.  Civil Eats, 8/15/2016
• The American Food Stamp Program: A Handout that Feeds. UTNE Reader, 8/3/2016

July

• High School Students Teach Healthy Eating to Harlem Seniors. NY Daily News, 7/26/2016
• The Return of American Hunger. The Atlantic, 7/19/2016
• At a Refuge for New York City’s Hungry, Summer Brings Scarcity. NY Times, 7/15/2016
• Food Pantries Across City Left With Empty Shelves During Summer. CBS NY, 7/15/2016
• Governor Cuomo Announces 750,000 Additional Working Families Now Eligible for Nutrition Assistance. LongIsland.com, 7/8/2016
• Free Program Feeds Hungry Kids All Summer. Public News Service, 7/8/2016

JUNE

• A Long, Hungry Summer? Filling the Nutrition Gap for New York City Kids. Center for New York City Affairs, 6/29/2016
• When Participation is a Sound. Huffington Post, 6/23/2016
• How New York Is Easing Access to Menstrual Hygiene Products. CityLab, 6/21/2016
• Dads and Kids Prepare Packages at Food Bank for New York City. NY1, 6/17/2016
• With food pantries plagued by shortages, city should double their portions. Crain’s NY Business, 6/8/2016
• Food Bank officials say impending funding cuts will leave hundreds of New Yorkers hungry. WPIX, 6/6/2016
• Op-Ed: For Many Jewish New Yorkers, Hunger is a Quiet Plight. JP Updates, 6/5/2016, by Margarette Purvis.
• De Blasio Administration Backs Council Push for Increased Tampon Access. Gotham Gazette, 6/3/2016
• June 2, 2016: Food Banks Funding. Thirteen, 6/2/2016
• New Legislation Would Stop Denying Tampons & Pads To Inmates, Homeless. Gothamist, 6/2/2016

MAY

• Programa gratuito ayuda a neoyorquinos con la comida y las finanzas. NY1, 5/31/2016
• Combating Hunger in the US and Around the World. CCTV America, 5/27/2016
• Citi Foundation’s Community Progress Makers Fund Awards $20 Million in Grants to Accelerate Economic Opportunity in Six U.S. Cities. CNBC, 5/18/2016
• Cuts to Food Bank Hurt NYC’s Working Families, Nonprofit Says. NBC New York, 5/13/2016
• Food Bank For NYC transforms Harlem soup kitchen into five-star restaurant for Mother’s Day celebration. NY Daily News, 5/7/2016
• Food Bank For NYC calls for more funding in budget. News 12 Bronx, 5/6/2016
• Council members ask de Blasio to increase emergency food funding. Politico NY, 5/6/2016

APRIL

• Dancing for Their Dinner: Stop Using Food Assistance as a Bargaining Chip. NY Slant, 4/29/2016
• Mario Batali, Mike Myers and Ledisi Rock the Food Bank Gala. Haute Living, 4/26/2016
• Mario Batali, Aziz Ansari, and More Attend Food Bank for New York City’s Can Do Awards. Vogue, 4/21/2016
• Food Bank Takes it to Wall Street. Fashion Week Daily, 4/21/2016
• Food bank to help Jewish families for Passover. News 12 Bronx, 4/13/2016
• This is What Hunger Looks Like in New York City. Slate, 4/7/2016
• Food Stamp Changes Could Leave More Hungry. Lower Hudson Journal News, 4/6/2016
• As states’ work mandates kick in, tens of thousands of people lose food stamps. Chicago Tribune, 4/2/2016
• The controversial reason tens of thousands of people just lost their food stamps. Washington Post, 4/1/2016
• Changes to food stamp program could cause up to 1 million Americans to lose benefits. Marketplace, 4/1/2016

MARCH

• More than 500,000 Americans Stand to Lose SNAP Benefits. CityLab, 3/30/2016
• How Changes to SNAP Eligibility Will Impact New York’s Hungry. Thirteen.org, 3/28/2016
• Startup strikes out hunger with MLB donations. CBS This Morning, 3/28/2016
• Law Firms Helping the Hungry. New York Law Journal, 3/28/2016
• Documenting the Growing Lines at NYC’s Food Pantries. Fast Company Design, 3/25/2016
• SNAP Change for Single Adults. WNYC/Brian Lehrer, 3/24/2016
• What Urban Hunger Looks Like Now. CityLab, 3/22/2016
• Thousands of Young People Are About to Lose Their Food Stamp Benefits. Vice News, 3/17/2016
• Congress is About to Take Food Away from the Poorest in America. The Nation, 3/9/2016
• A Tax Season Labor of Love. NY City Lens, 3/7/2016
• NYC food pantries struggle to meet demand, Food Bank For New York City says. AM New York, 3/6/2016

FEBRUARY

• Is this Second-Grader a Better Cook than You? Epicurious, 2/29/2016
• Hunger Activists Ask Lawmakers for More Funding. NY1 News, 2/24/2016
• Canned Peas or Tampons? NY City Lens, 2/22/2016
• Hunger in the Community: Food Bank Does its Part to Help. Amsterdam News, 2/19/2016
• Food Pantries Doing More With Less. Queens Chronicle, 2/18/2016
• Cuomo Moves to Counter Federal Restrictions on SNAP Benefits. Capital News New York, 2/11/2016
• Report Finds NYC Food Banks Under-Resourced. WFUV, 2/10/2016
• New York City food pantries are low on money and need volunteers. NY Daily News, 2/10/2016
• Reembolsos No Estan Basados en el Costo de la Preparacion. Univision, 2/5/2016. Spanish-language coverage of Food Bank’s free tax preparation services.
• NYC’s VITA Sites Help Eligible New Yorkers Take Advantage of Earned Income Tax Credit. NY1, 2/2/2016

JANUARY

• Martin Luther King Jr. Honored Throughout Tri-State Area With Day Of Service. CBS NY, 1/18/2016
• Islanders Gather for Day of Service. NY 1, 1/18/2016
• Rangers, Islanders Wives, Girlfriends Unite To Fight Hunger. The Post Game, 1/15/2016
• Council to Assess Hunger Problem, City Efforts to Reduce It. Gotham Gazette, 1/12/2016
• Hockey Wives, Girlfriends Help Needy Residents. News 12 Bronx, 1/11/2016
• Go nuts for donuts during NYC’s inaugural Donut Fest. Time Out NY, 1/8/2016