Por José A. Delgado
PUBLISHED July 24th, 2024
Una encuesta del Instituto de Investigación del Siena College, divulgada el miércoles, reflejó un amplio respaldo en Estados Unidos a la idea de integrar a Puerto Rico al Programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementario (SNAP), una propuesta que no ha avanzado en el Congreso.
Albany, New York – New polling from the Siena College Research Institute, in partnership with Feeding New York State, identifies strong support for a package of legislative and Farm Bill proposals active in Congress. The survey included a nationally representative sample of 1,000 United States residents aged 18 and older, with a margin of error of +/- 3.3 percentage points.
BY DAVID LOMBARDO
PUBLISHED MAY 20th, 2024
Feeding New York State Executive Director Dan Egan discusses what the state budget does – and doesn’t do – to combat hunger in the Empire State.
Albany, NY – April 25, 2024 – Feeding New York State, the state association of New York’s 10 Feeding America food banks, applauds state leaders for negotiating a budget that includes critical funding to alleviate hunger.
MAR. 27, 2024
BY JACK ARPEY, NEW YORK STATE
Two state lawmakers are pushing to increase the minimum SNAP benefit in New York state, which presently sits at $23 per month. Syracuse area state Senator Rachel May and Queens Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas want to see that raised to $100 per month.
To demonstrate why, they went shopping Wednesday in Albany to see just how much $23 a month can buy. While prices vary from store to store and community to community, the point was clear.
They started out shopping for breakfast, and with only a handful of items in the shopping cart, they didn’t make it even to lunch.
February 22, 2024
BY CASEY BORTNICK AND CAPITAL TONIGHT STAFF NEW YORK STATE
Food assistance organizations across New York state have been seeing an uptick in the number of people in need of a helping hand. They often rely on resources like the Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program, or HPNAP, and Nourish New York. But now, many advocates are concerned about proposed cuts to HPNAP. Dan Egan, executive director of Feeding New York State, joined Capital Tonight Wednesday to discuss the topic.
