NY: Hunger/Food/Nutrition
Workforce training helps NY workers know their rights
New York restaurant workers need to know their rights to better navigate their workplaces. A new report finds high rates of what it calls …
Proposed WIC cuts could prove detrimental to NY families
Congress' proposed cuts to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children will have significant effects on New York …
NY Chef Changing Minds on Eating Insects
By Whitney Bauck for The Guardian.Broadcast version by Edwin J. Viera for New York News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-…
East Buffalo Tops Store Reopens Amid Neighborhood Ambivalence
The Tops supermarket in Buffalo, where a racially-motivated gunman killed 10 people and injured three, has reopened today, almost two months since …
HEAL Grant Bolsters Workers' Center Programs in Central NY
An organization in Central New York is getting a funding boost to help workers who are still struggling with the financial effects of the pandemic…
Teachers’ Union Issues Recommendations for NY Public Schools
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) has released a new report this week, with recommendations from educators about how best to …
Report: Pandemic SNAP Benefits Cut NY Food Insecurity in Half
NEW YORK - A new report shows far fewer New Yorkers have gone hungry since the federal government nearly doubled its spending in the pandemic on the S…
Report: Federal Support Vital to NY Families’ Economic Recovery
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York is among the top 10 U.S. states for health among children, and the bottom ten for families' overall economic wellbeing…
Report Highlights Challenges to Seniors’ Health
ALBANY, N.Y. - Even before the pandemic, seniors were experiencing increasing mental and behavioral health challenges, according to a new report…
Calls Mount Again for NY Wealth Tax
NEW YORK - State lawmakers and community activists are calling on New York to help eliminate hunger by raising taxes on corporations and the state's w…
Biden Orders Quick Action on Hunger
NEW YORK -- Many New Yorkers receiving SNAP and Pandemic EBT will soon get increases in their benefits. An estimated 29 million adults and at least …
Pandemic Increases Hunger, Housing Insecurity for NY Kids
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A new report shows the economic fallout of the COVID pandemic is having a big impact on children, in New York and nationwide…