Past Programs

Feeding America: $526,000

Three-year grant. Feeding America provided this grant to launch and operate a statewide produce sourcing program, with a goal of providing 53 million pounds of fresh produce to member food…

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July 29, 2020
Past Programs

Department of Environmental Conservation: $800,000

Two-and-a-half-year grant. This grant provided support to staff handling additional donated food. The DEC sought to reduce the landfilling of food scraps through increased food donation and food scrap recycling.…

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July 29, 2020
Past Programs

Department of Environmental Conservation: $1,500,000

Three-year grant. This grant provided operational funding that facilitated the distribution of 6,700,000 pounds of New York-grown produce that would otherwise have been left unharvested, as well as significant quantities…

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July 29, 2020
Past Programs

Empire State Development: $2,000,000

Feeding New York State exceeded the goal of this grant. This grant was given in order to divert unmarketable food out of municipal landfills and put it to its highest…

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July 29, 2020
Major Programs

Nourish New York: $50,000,000

Nourish New York is now an annual program providing funding to the ten member food banks of Feeding New York to purchase New York State-produced farm products. This accomplishes two…

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July 29, 2020
Read more about the article Feeding New York State Launches Statewide Produce Sourcing Program
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Feeding New York State Launches Statewide Produce Sourcing Program

Feeding New York State Launches Statewide Produce Sourcing Program: Introduces New State Produce Manager, Jim Germain

Read Press Release Albany, NY – Feeding New York State (FeedingNYS) today announced the launch of its Statewide Produce Sourcing program. The goal of the program is to link farmers and food banks at the statewide level to ensure that the food grown in New York can be provided to New Yorkers in need, no matter where in the state they live. FeedingNYS will also link these farms to the wider food bank network outside New York State.

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July 7, 2020
Read more about the article New York City Hunger Report, 2019
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New York City Hunger Report, 2019

New York City Hunger Report, 2019

Download Report As Hunger Free America finds in this report, from 2016-2018, an average of 1,041,278 New Yorkers — one in eight of our neighbors — lived in food insecure households, unable to consistently afford enough food.

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July 6, 2020
Read more about the article NYC projected to lose at least 475,000 jobs and $9.7B in tax revenue
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NYC projected to lose at least 475,000 jobs and $9.7B in tax revenue

NYC projected to lose at least 475,000 jobs and $9.7B in tax revenue

Read Full Article From POLITICO: NEW YORK — The coronavirus pandemic could plunge New York City into the worst economic crisis since the 1970s, costing the city 475,000 jobs and nearly $10 billion in revenue, a budget watchdog found. According to a new report from the Independent Budget Office, the local economy is expected to lose 475,000 jobs over the next 12 months. That would lead to a shortfall of $9.7 billion in tax revenue in 2020 and 2021, compared to previous projections.

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July 6, 2020
Read more about the article New York will suffer $13.3 billion revenue shortfall from original forecast due to coronavirus, Cuomo says
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New York will suffer $13.3 billion revenue shortfall from original forecast due to coronavirus, Cuomo says

New York will suffer $13.3 billion revenue shortfall from original forecast due to coronavirus, Cuomo says

Read Full Article From CNBC: Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday that New York will report a $13.3 billion shortfall in revenue compared with its original forecast — representing a 14% decline in the state’s projected receipts.

The Empire State, which has been hit harder by the coronavirus pandemic than anywhere else in the U.S., currently forecasts $61 billion in total lost revenue between fiscal years 2021 and 2024, Cuomo said.

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July 6, 2020
Read more about the article Map the Meal Gap
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Map the Meal Gap

Food Insecurity in New York

See Interactive Map For the tenth consecutive year, Feeding America conducted our annual Map the Meal Gap study to improve our understanding of food insecurity and food costs at the local level. The most recent release is based on data from 2018. In response to COVID-19, we also released a companion study and interactive map that illustrate the projected impact of the pandemic on local food insecurity in 2020.

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June 12, 2020