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December 2010
- Providing Free Food for Needy Far From Free - Las Vegas Sun, 12.22.10
- Council Gives Thumbs Down To Bloomberg’s Food Stamp Fingerprint Policy -City Hall News, 12.17.10
- Food Fight -City Hall News, 12.17.10
- Politicians Make Proposals Following NYC Hunger Survey Report - Huffington Post, 12.13.10
- Lean Times: Food Stamp Recipients Face Cut in Benefits - Uptowner, 12.11.10
- SNAP Programs are Hurting: Federal Government is Starting to Pull Aid - America's News Online, 12.7.10
- Gov't aid drops as hunger in Queens grows - Huffington Post, 12.6.10
- Cupboard's bare at food pantries - Daily News, 12.2.10
- Council mulls ending food aid fingerprinting - Yournabe.com, 12.2.10
- Gov't aid drops as hunger in Queens grows - Yournabe.com, 12.2.10
- Fight to Feed Hungry Lost in Queens - Queens Tribune, 12.1.10
November 2010
- Demand at Food Pantries Increasing - Queens Courier, 11.30.10
- Boost in Number of Food Stamps Helps Ease Bronx's Hunger Pains - Daily News, 11.26.10
- Pasando hambre en la nación más rica InterPress Service 11.25.10
- Honger lijden op Thanksgiving - DeWereldMorgan.be, Inter Press Service, 11.25.10
- Going Hungry in the Richest Nation on Earth - CommonDreams.org, 11.25.10
- Families Struggle to Put Food on the Table - Amsterdam News, 11.25.10
- Jewish Council Sees Hunger Rising by 30% in Queens - Yournabe.com, 11.24.10
- Volunteering on the Holidays and Throughout the Year - WNYC, 11.24.10
- To Prove Bi-Partisanship, End U.S. Hunger - The Huffington Post, 11.24.10
- Give Thanks All Year by Volunteering - The Huffington Post, 11.24.10
- Editorial: Charity Doesn’t Replace Justice - El Diario, 11.24.10
- Federal Stimulus Money Helps Hungry New Yorkers - WNYC, 11.23.10
- Startling Figures show demand at every Staten Island food pantry - SI Advance, 11.23.10
- Hunger Advocates Praise SNAP Funds; Urge Renewal In Coming Years - NY1, 11.23.10
- Report: City's Food Pantries, Soup Kitchens Cope With Higher Demands - NY1, 11.23.10
- Annual NYC Hunger Survey Report Released - The Epoch Times, 11.23.10
- Hunger Report: Half of city pantries, kitchens can't meet demand - AM New York, 11.23.10
- City Council Speaker Christine Quinn Wants Schools, Prisons, City Agencies to Buy Local Food - New York Daily News, 11.22.10
- Why You Shouldn’t Volunteer on Thanksgiving or Christmas - Edible Manhattan, 11.22.10
- What's Old Is New: Quinn Vows (Again) to End Food Stamp Policy UPDATED - New York Daily News 11.22.10
- Council to Report on New York’s Food Industry, From Seed to Compost - New York Times 11.21.10
- Divided We Eat - Newsweek, 11.22.10
- Causes of homelessness frequently misunderstood, panelists explain - Washington Square News, 11.17.10
October 2010
- No Picnic Living on Food Stamps - Daily News, 10.31.10
- Will Food Stamp Plan to Ban Soda Fizzle? - Queens Chronicle, 10.14.10
- NY Seeks to Ban Sugary Drinks from Food Stamp Buys - Christian Broadcasting Network, 10.9.10
- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to Bar Food Stamps for Sugar-Sweetened Drinks - Top News, 10.8.10
- Bloomberg's Food Stamp Soda Ban Seems DOA - Gothamist, 10.8.10
- Mayor Says Food Stamps Shouldn't Cover Sodas - WNYC, 10.7.10
- Bloomberg's Food-Stamp Soda Ban: Illegal, Immoral, Fattening? - Village Voice, 10.7.10
- Plan to Ban Food Stamps for Sodas Has Hurdles - NY Times, 10.7.10
- NYC seeks to ban food stamp recipients from spending them on soda, other sugary drinks - Newser, 10.7.10
- Mayor Looks To Ban Sugary Drinks From Food Stamp Users - CBS New York,10.7.10
- Changing Unfair Economic Policies Can right Playing Field - Daily News, 10.5.10
- The Wal-Mart at Midnight Indicator, Ctd. - Washington Independent, 10.4.10
- Congress Wants to Cut Food Stamps to Fund School Lunches - The Nation, 10.3.10
- Child nutrition bill stalls out over food stamp cuts - Michigan Messenger, 10.1.10
September 2010
- Poverty in NYC on rise while proposed food stamp cuts loom - Amsterdam News, 9.30.10
- Census Data Shows New Yorkers Don't Need Kitchens - Gothamist, 9.29.10
- Economic Inequality Soars, Says Coalition Against Hunger - Epoch Times, 9.29.10
- Gap between rich and poor in New York City getting wider, Census Bureau finds - NY Daily News, 9.28.10
- The Real Impact of Food Stamp Cuts - Washington Independent, 9.28.10
- Protestan por el recorte a los cupones de alimentos en momentos en que aumenta la pobreza - European Press Photo Agency, 9.28.10
- NYC Gap Between Rich And Poor Greater Than India's, Says New Report - NY Daily News, 9.28.10
- Census Shows How Recession Hit N.Y. - NY Times, 9.28.10
- Inwood City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, Residents to Live Off Food Stamps for Five Days - DNA Info, 9.22.10
- New Yorkers Honor 9/11 Victims Through Service - CBS New York, 9.12.10
- 9/11 Anniversary: Volunteers Treat Solemn Occasion As A Day Of Service - NY1, 9.11.10
May 2010
- Educating Downtown Youth on Hunger Epidemics - Downtown Express, 5.27.10
- Ending Child Hunger Furthers the Goal of Cutting U.S. Poverty in Half over the Next Decade
By NYCCAH Executive Director Joel Berg, published by the Center for American Progress, 5.24.10
- Obama Slams NY Food Stamp Policy - City Limits, 5.17.10
- Growing Food Justice - The Jew and the Carrot, 5.13.10
- Rachael Ray and Senator Lobby for School Lunch - New York Times, 5.11.10
- Doomsday Mayoral Budget Steps Closer to Reality - City Limits, 5.7.10
- Fighting for Healthy Food - George Washington Today, 5.6.10
- Former Senator George McGovern Joins New York City Coalition Against Hunger to Honor got breakfast?(R) Founder Gary Davis, Speaker Christine Quinn, and WNBC Reporter Melissa Russo - Fox Business News , 5.6.10
- Council Holds Hearing for Improvements to Child Nutrition Act - Media , 5.5.10
- Ending Child Hunger in Our State - Times Argus, 4.27.10
January 2010
2009
- Filling the Pantries, New York City's Hungry Children - NYC Sentinel, 12/21/09
- Fingerprinting for Food Stamps Under Scrutiny - NPR, 12/18/09
- Faith, Hope, and Charity - At A Chelsea Soup Kitchen - NBC New York, 12/17/09
- Fingerprinting of Food Stamp Applicants Raises Questions - NY Times, 12/17/09
- Brooklyn Food Pantries Are Stocked, But Charities Lack Cash - Daily News, 12/17/09
- To Feed the Hungry, Keep the Can, Open a Wallet - NY Times, 12/11/09
- Using Food Stamps in the Bronx - WNYC Blog, 12/11/09
- Queens is Hungry: Soup Kitchens, Food Pantries Stretched to the Max - Queens Courier, 12/3/09
- El Mundo Blog - El Mundo, 12/1/09
- Brooklyn Food Pantries and Soup Kitchens Cope With Increased Demand - New York Post, 12/1/09
- Even a Penny Helps - NY times, 11/30/09
- Food Stamp Use Soars, and Stigma Fades - NY times, 11/29/09
- Recession Has Older Americans Heading to Soup Kitchens, Food Pantries for the First Time - Newser, 11/28/09
- Cupboard is Bare for Pantries and Families - YourNabe, 11/26/09
- Hungry New Yorkers Get Funding Boost - Epoch Times, 11/25/09
- Food pantries: Overcrowded, But Could Have Been Worse - Epoch Times, 11/25/09
- Hunger Stats Resonate At Annual Turkey Giveaway - NY1, 11/25/09
- Food pantries: Overcrowded, But Could Have Been Worse - Epoch Times, 11/25/09
- Staten Island el condado con más hambre - El Diario, 11/25/09
- Stimulus Funds Stock Pantries and Soup Kitchens - NY Times, 11/24/09
- NYC Might Be Forced to Lift Food Stamp Fingerprint Rule - NBC, 11/24/09
- Más hispanos buscan comida donada en NY - El Diario, 11/24/09
- Demand For Emergency Food Assistance Increases, Report Finds - NY1, 11/24/09
- Hunger Increases, So Does Funding - Gotham Gazette, 11/24/09
- More New Yorkers in Need of Food - Epoch Times, 11/23/09
- The Poor Get Hungrier - NBC, 11/23/09
- Study: NYC Food Emergencies Up Nearly 21% - Associated Press, 11/23/09
- New Report: More New Yorkers Relying on Soup Kitchens - WNYC, 11/23/09
- Warm Intentions, Meet Cold Reality - NY Times, 11/22/09
- Low Income Patrons Boost Greenmarket Mission - NY1, 11/22/09
- Food Emergencies in NYC Rise - Gothamist, 11/23/09
- Citywide Candidates, Minus Bloomberg, Speak on Poverty in New York City - The Indypendent, 10/29/09
- Farm Share Grows Cheap Vegetables for Low-Income Communities - The Grio, 10/13/09
- A tale of two cities in NYC as poverty worsens: More than 1.5M live in poverty - New York Daily News, 10/1/09
- Nueva York Lider en Pobreza - El Diario La Prensa NY, 9/30/09
- Counting New York's Poor - Epoch Times, 9/30/09
- Report Cites Bronx as Poorest Urban County - New York 1, 9/30/09
- NY Poverty Data Paint Mixed Picture - New York Times, 9/29/09
- Americans are Getting Poorer, and It's Going to Get Worse - McKlatchy Newspapers, 9/10/09
- Poverty Figures Offer Bleak Forecast for City - New York 1, 9/11/09
- Recession's Cost: More in Poverty, Without Health Coverage - Kansas City Star, 9/10/09
- Advocate: Food Pantries Not Enough - Columbus Dispatch, 9/3/09
- Speaker Quinn, HRA Commissioner Doar Announce Over 500,000 Additional New Yorkers Receiving Food Stamps - Room Eight New York Politics, 8/19/09
- Interfaith Prayers Press for Food Justice York City Business Information, 8/06/09
- Public Advocate Visits Staten Island Food Pantry - Staten Island Advance, 8/05/09
- No Free Lunch: Conflict Over Food Stamps - City Limits, 8/04/09
- Cupones de comida dejan su huella (Spanish) - El Diario, 7/23/09
- Bloomberg's Homeless Policies Fall Short - Epoch Times, 7/11/09
- A prayer to feed the hungry - Queens Chronicle, 7/9/09
- Costco in LIC to accept food stamps - Queens Chronicle, 6/4/09
- Costco will accept food stamps at East Harlem store - The Seattle Times, 5/29/09
- Child nutrition problem hungry for solutions - Daily News, 5/10/09
- No Thank You, Uncle Sam: NYC Keeps 'SNAP' Stance - CityLimits, 5/4/09
- In Time of Rising Need, City Says: Volunteer - CityLimits, 5/4/09
- Food stamp fraud may steal $400M from stimulus funds - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 4/26/09
- Social action fellowship bridges theory, practice - New Jersey Jewish News, 4/23/09
- YUEI: Food Stamps - The Brian Lehrer Show, 04/20/09
- Lean times for West Side soup kitchens, food pantries - Chelsea Now, 4/9/09
- Obama’s Budget: New Deal or Makeover? - GRITtv, 4/9/09
- Food Banks and the Recession - PBS, "Religion and Ethics," 3/27/09 (Joel Berg, NYCCAH's executive director, at 2:31)
- A Tax Plan Charities Should Back - Washington Post, 3/27/09
- Give Food Stamps to the Unemployed (Spanish: "Pide cupones de alimentos para los desempleados") - El Diario, 3/8/09
- Fighting Hunger - New York Post, 3/1/09
- Mike Bloomberg's stamps of approval could help feed more - Daily News, 2/28/09
- Soup Man Donates 800 Gallons to NYC Hungry - The Epoch Times, 2/26/09
- Nutter backs anti-hunger efforts - Philadelphia Inquirer, 2/11/09
- Hunger expert says government must lead the fight - Philadelphia Inquirer, 2/9/09
- Tough choices for America's hungry - CNN, 2/2/09
- Oil prices have come down steadily but the global food crisis continues to worsen. What's driving the crisis at home and abroad? - The Nation Presents: GRIT TV with Laura Flanders, 1/27/09
- Feeding the hungry halfway - Metro, 1/26/09
- Volunteers Commemorate MLK Day with Service - CBS 2 News, 1/19/09
- NY’ers Answer Obama’s Call on MLK Day - The Epoch Times, 1/20/09
- NY’ers Embrace Volunteerism, Put King to Good Use - The Daily News, 1/20/09
- Obama Presidency Seen in King's Footsteps - The Journal News, 1/19/09
- Hunger in the Land of Plenty - The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC, 1/16/09
Progressives Should Stop Carping and Start Fighting - The Huffington Post, 1/16/09
- When a Wealth of Food Options Dwindles to Two: Eat or Go Hungry - The New York Times, 1/10/09
- Dr King's Other Dream: Ending Poverty - Huffington Post, 1/8/09
- Cities Break Out the Piggy Bank - Next American City, 1/1/09
2008
- The Hunger Problem in New York City - CUNY TV's City Talk, 12/31/08
- More in Need, Less Food at MANNA - Citizen-Times.com, 12/18/08
- Hunger in the USA - On Point with Tom Ashbrook, 12/15/08
- From Wall Street to Taxi Stand: The Recession Trickles Down - Gotham Gazette, 12/15/08
- Restaurant's All-You-Can-Eat Deal That Costs More If You Can't - Mail Online, 12/10/08
- Eastern NYC Restaurant Charges Patrons For Unfinished Food - CBS 2, 12/6/08
- In Hard Times, Soup Kitchen Struggles to Meet the Need - Our Town, 12/5/08
- Hunger Pains: A Perfect Storm of Dwindling Funds and More Mouths to Feed Hits Manhattan Food Banks - Our Town, 12/4/08
- No Bailout for the Hungry - 5 Towns Jewish Times, 12/4/08
- Pols Tout Rescue Plan for City Food Banks - Queens Chronicle, 12/4/08
- U.S. Must Invest in Ending Hunger - Daily News, 12/4/08
- Our Hungry Homes - Staten Island Advance, 12/3/08
- Recession-Hit Rich Jostle for Bargains - The National, 12/1/08
- New President Needs New Anti-Hunger Plan - Kennebec Journal, 12/1/08
- Joel Berg, Executive Director of New York City Coalition Against Hunger and Author of All You Can Eat: How Hungry is America? (Seven Stories Press), Rings the Opening Bell - NASDAQ MarketSite, 11/28/08
- No Hay Comida Para Tanta Gente - El Diario, 11/26/08
- Answers About Hunger in New York - The New York Times, City Room, 11/26/08
- Hunger Pains - WNYC, 11/26/08
- Hungry Flock To Turkey Giveaway - New York City News Service, 11/26/08
- Food pantries: Fewer Supplies and More Clients - Staten Island Advance, 11/26/08
- Study: NYC Food Emergencies Up By a Third - Newsday, 11/25/08
- Losing Battle to Feed Hunger in New York City - Daily News, 11/25/08
- Giving Thanks: Report Highlights City Hunger Problem - NY1, 11/25/08
- Cupboards are Bare at Brooklyn Pantry: Coney Mission & Others Across City Feel Pinch as Demand Grows - Daily News, 11/25/08
- Hunger Crisis Grows; Food Pantries Can’t Keep Up with Demand - Talk Bronx, 11/23/08
- Interfaith Voices Against Hunger: A Call to Action - The Ecologies of Learning Project Newsletter, Nov. 2008
- Why Doesn't Costco Accept Food Stamps? - The New York Times, City Room, 11/19/08
- Carroll Gardens Greenmarket Feeds the Hungry - Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 11/18/08
- In-Class Breakfast Program is Helping Kids Fuel Up for School - News 2 Charleston, 11/17/08
- It’s a Hit: Breakfast in the Classroom - The New York Times, 11/16/08
- Food Stamps Soar in the Hungry City - Daily News, 11/16/08
- Food Pantries Fear Cuts - Metro, 10/29/08
- No Rescue for the Hungry - The Washington Post, 9/28/08
- Community Organizing: What's the Joke? - New York Nonprofit Press Blog, 9/4/08
- Anti-Poverty Advocates Respond to Nation’s Latest Report - Epoch Times, 8/30/08
- 37 Million Living the American Nightmare - Globalhood: Development Across Disciplines, 8/27/08
- Slight Drop in NYC Poverty Rate - WNYC, 8/27/08
- Poverty Rate Declines in New York - New York Times, 8/26/08
- Less Poverty but More Inequality in New York - New York Times City Room, 8/26/08
- From Bare Soup Kitchens to Nutsy Government Cuts - Daily News, 8/22/08
- No Need for Kids to Go Hungry This Summer - North Shore Weekly, 8/14/08
- City Supermarkets Are Dying Commodity - Daily News, 8/13/08
- State Leaders Discuss Social Mobility Issues in Chicago [mp3] - Moving Up USA, 8/8/08
- Balance the Budget and Augment the Safety Net - City Limits, 8/4/08
- One in Five Public Service Announcement [mp3] - Bloomberg Radio
- Rolls of NY food stamp recipients on the rise - Associated Press, 7/23/08
- Over One Million Served: More New Yorkers Seek Emergency Food - Runnin' Scared, Village Voice News Blog, 7/17/08
- Hunger Jumps as City Copes with Hard Times - Metro, 7/16/08
- More Seek Help at Soup Kitchens and Food Pantries - The New York Times, City Room, 7/15/08
- Food Pantries in NYC See Spike - Newsday, 7/15/08
- Food or Fuel. Does There Have to Be a Trade-Off? - GRITtv with Laura Flanders, 7/10/08
- Sen. John Edwards Makes Appearance at Harlem Food Pantry - The Epoch Times, 7/9/08
- Hunger and the City - The Huffington Post, 7/8/08
- Free Summer Meals for NYC Students - ABC News 7, 7/1/08
- Power to the Pockets - Black Star News, 6/27/08
- New Initiative Brings Fresh Produce to L.I.C. - Queens Chronicle, 6/26/08
- Many Families Are Eligible for Food Stamps and Don't Even Know It - Daily News, 6/18/08
- With Rising Food Costs, Councilman Seeks Ethanol Waiver for NY - Daily Voice, 6/10/08
- What the Next President Could Do: End Child Hunger - Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, 6/10/08
- Emergency Food Programs Feed Brooklyn's Hungry - The Brooklyn Rail, 6/9/08
- A Poverty of Ideas on the Food Crisis - Metro, 6/2/08
- National Volunteer Week Gets Local - Queens Courier, 5/22/08
- One Country's Table Scraps, Another Country's Meal - The New York Times, 5/18/08
- Local Lawmaker Urges Congress To Pass Farm Bill - Queens Chronicle, 5/08/08
- City Ordered to Deliver Food Stamps More Quickly - City Limits, 4/28/08
- Breakfast: Home or at School? - Metro New York, 4/10/08
- Quest for Healthy Eating Hits Dead End in NY - Metro New York, 4/7/08
- Creating Healthy Bodegas - Gotham Gazette, 3/3/08
- Funding Cuts Hit Bronx Food Centers Hard - The Bronx Beat, 2/23/08
- New Yorkers Get a Day On at Serve-A-Thon - The Ticker, 2/4/08
- Serve-A-Thon Fills Big Need - Park Slope Courier, 1/25/08
- Hundreds Volunteer at MLK Serve-A-Thon - NY1, 1/20/08
- Pioneering Website Makes It Easy for New Yorkers to Volunteer to Fight Hunger - Greenwich Village Gazette, 1/10/08
- Online Data Helps Battle Ongoing Hunger - The Queens Courier, 1/9/08
- Help Just a Click Away For City's Hungry & Homeless - Gothamist, 1/3/08
- Volunteer for Effort on Food Stamps - Staten Island Advance, 1/2/08
- Hunger Coalition Launches Volunteer Matching Website - NY1, 1/1/08
- Criminalizando a los que Pasan Hambre (Treating the Hungry Like Criminals) - El Diario, 11/28/08
2007
- Annual Hunger Survey 2007 - Various media, including over 35 foreign media covered the Coalition Against Hunger's Annual Hunger Survey findings, 11/21-11/22/07
2006
- Progress Made In Food Stamp Fight - Queens Tribune, 5/18/06
- “Gotta Dance!” Mayor Declines to Baseline Programs - New York Nonprofit Press, 5/5/06
- Albor Ruiz: Mike Needs Wakeup Call on Hunger - Daily News, 4/23/06
- A City Hall Feeling Its Way in a Renewed Battle on Poverty ($) - The New York Times, 4/29/06
- Mayor Seeks to Lower a Barrier on Food Stamps ($) - The New York Times, 4/17/06
- Mapping an End to Hunger in New York City: Coalition Against Hunger Uses Google Maps to Help Local Soup Kitchens - Tech Soup, 3/24/06
- Albor Ruiz: Put an End to Hunger in Our City - Daily News, 2/19/06
- Have You Heard: We've Got New, Sweeping Welfare Changes - Nieman Watchdog, 2/8/06
- Albor Ruiz: City Needs to Stamp Out Hunger - Daily News, 1/19/06
- Fresh Food is Rarity in Poor Nabes - Daily News, 1/17/06
- Errol Lewis: New Yorkers Hunger for Food Stamps - Daily News, 1/17/06
