1.5 million New Yorkers can’t afford food. Pantries are their lifeline.

As the pandemic settled into New York City, hunger drove tens of thousands of residents into food pantry lines, many for the first time. An estimated 1.5 million people cannot afford food.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/world/1-5-million-new-yorkers-cant-afford-food-pantries-are-their-lifeline.html