A high number of New Yorkers are struggling with putting food on the table, an issue that has been exacerbated by the pandemic and inflation.
A new report by the nonprofit organization Hunger Free America found 16% of the city’s population or 1.3 million people faced hunger at some point between 2020 to 2022.
A borough-by-borough breakdown can be seen in the chart above.
Staten Island saw the highest level with more than 21% of the borough’s residents, saying they didn’t have enough to eat during that two-year period.
But Brooklyn was home to the largest number of individuals living in struggling homes, a group of almost 400,000.
Joel Berg, CEO of Hunger Free America, joined NY1 political anchor Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” Friday to talk more about the dire situation in New York.
Source: Ny1
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