New York hunger levels 'rising'

[douglas9]

Source: BBC

Over 1.3 million people, one in six New Yorkers, cannot afford enough food, with queues at soup kitchens getting longer, anti-poverty groups say.

The New York City Coalition Against Hunger says the number of people who use food pantries and soup kitchens in the city increased by 20% in 2007.

Some of the food distribution points are struggling to meet demand.

The coalition blames the situation mainly on increased poverty as well as government cutbacks in food aid.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7106726.stm

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Thanksgiving 2007 in the Big Apple

[saigon68]

1. I see Sens Scummer and Clinton are right on top of this

People STARVING in amerika and the chimp killing hundreds of thousands of islamics in Iraq-Nam

What a waste of financial priorities

Oh yes I forgot "We must be Safe" (and maybe a few will be hungry)

[BootinUp]

11. Thats what happens

when our party is out of power for so long.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. I was in NYC the other day.

First time in approx. 12 years, at least. The economic stratification is so striking. I was there with DU'er Tace, who just moved out of there after 30 years of Manhattan living. Why? Well, for a better life in the woods, surely, but it has become unaffordable for all but those who make the highest of salaries.

I must say, stick up the ass syndrome seems to be a rampant epidemic there, too.

I think I liked Manhattan better when it smelled of urine.

[aquart]

3. Where, precisely, in Manhattan were you?

[ladywnch]

4. repubs: 'let them die and decrease the surplus population'

it was good enough in Dickens' day, it's good enough today.....

[acmavm]

5. The food banks and agencies that try to help the poor and the hungry

have seen their donations drop down to practically nothing. What does that tell you? It tells me that the people who supported those agencies with donations are hurting for money and can no longer do their part (hell, last night I could only afford a $5.00 food bag for the Food Bank myself). But those that have all that money, the ones that bush** rigged up the system to favor, are they picking up the slack. HELL NO. That is not what they do. They figure that if we're busy trying to find a way to feed ourselves and our families we can't spare the time or the energy to keep track of all their shennanigans and schemes. It's a foolproof distraction.

Keep the peasantry busy scraping for survival and they won't be messing with the country's 'royal' class.

[Zorra]

6. The number of people using soup kitchens/food pantries increased by 20%?!?

Wow, that's a huge increase in hunger.

[enid602]

8. can't be right

And their saying that 1/3 of New Yorkers can't afford food; that can't be right.

[BronxBoy]

9. I can believe it...

We delivered the food donations from our drive on Tuesday and the food bank director said she saw a 30% increase from September to October of THIS year.

Yeah it's bad

[LynnTheDem]

7. SHAME ON AMERICA.

American kids going to bed hungry?

American elderly starving to death?

American kids without healthcare?

And we're "the greatest" because...???

[brentspeak]

10. Boy, the trickle-down economy sure is working wonders, isn't it?

[angryxyouth]

12. You would think that a Senator from Ny might champion this cause!

I love the fact that this link is the BBC. Thank god at least England still has a free press!!
I hope this helps sink HC.

[opihimoimoi]

13. Woe onto the Soverign who neglects his People...Mongo, RockRidge

Bush and his GOP could give a Rats Ass for the Masses.....

[TomClash]

14. Thank you for posting this

I have seen this but did not want to believe it - I will double my contribution to the Food Bank tomorrow.

An utter disgrace.