Hunger Free NYC

10/07/2026

Learn more about our partnership with Johnsonville 's Sausage for Dinner campaign:
https://ow.ly/fNk150ZVBMQ

10/05/2026

Last week, we hosted an event with Congresswoman Grace Meng in Flushing, Queens, to highlight rising rates of hunger due to the affordability crisis & the largest cuts to SNAP in history.

Thank you to the Queens Daily Eagle for reporting and helping spread the word about falling rates of SNAP enrollment throughout the borough.

Over 25,000 Queens residents have lost access to federal food assistance programs over the past year — and elected officials said more could lose the benefit once new cuts go into effect this week.

09/28/2026

Today we hosted an event with Congresswoman Grace Meng in Flushing Queens to highlight rising rates of hunger due to the affordability crisis & the largest cuts to SNAP in history. If you are in need of food in NYC, call us at 646-355-1475 & our benefits access team will help you apply for benefits.

09/23/2026

Hot off the presses: new state-by-state data on the impact of recent federal changes on SNAP use in America https://bit.ly/3Va9qye
With the cancellation of federal surveys on hunger, the data we can source is now even more essential to share throughout the movement to end hunger in America.

Helping society move 'beyond the soup kitchen' and ensure economic and food self-sufficiency for all Americans. Ending Hunger Lifts Us All.

09/16/2026

Action Alert: NOW is the time to tell your U.S. Senators: Vote NO on any Farm Bill that does not reverse the SNAP benefits cost-shift.
Use this link to write to them directly: https://bit.ly/4cNV4JF
or call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 to reach them by phone.

Today the Senate Agriculture Committee will once again attempt to move a Farm Bill that does not include reversing SNAP cuts out of committee after already failing once to advance it. The bill remains unchanged and fails to make meaningful investments in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or address the harmful administrative and benefit cost shifts to states enacted through the budget reconciliation law (H.R. 1).

09/12/2026

Our CEO, Joel Berg, has an endorsement to make:

Follow the campaign, donate to Hunger Free America, find recipes, and learn more at www.sausagefordinner.com.
Johnsonville

09/10/2026

Fight hunger without leaving home: become a volunteer Data Detective!
These volunteers verify and update information about food pantries, soup kitchens, and SNAP/WIC offices around the country. All you need is an internet connection and 90 minutes tomorrow afternoon.
Learn more and sign up: https://ow.ly/IOLa50ZM3v3

09/02/2026

We are appalled by reports that ICE agents targeted and arrested people waiting in line at a soup kitchen here in NYC, seemingly based only on the language they spoke and their skin color.
These reports tie this incident to the ICE initiative called "Operation Rotten Apple," which claims to have detained more than 2,000 New Yorkers in the past month (according to The Washington Post).

There was a time when saying "everyone in America should have enough to eat" didn't spark the kind of controversy it does now.
It should not be controversial to say people should be allowed to legally access food without fear of arrest, detention, or deportation.

Hunger Free America CEO Joel Berg described the reported incident as "both morally repugnant and economically counter-productive to target workers in this way."

We will, of course, continue to monitor this story and respect the confidentiality of anyone with information to share about this situation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/nyregion/immigration-arrests-new-york.html

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin did not say whether all those who were arrested had criminal records, but Gov. Kathy Hochul said she doubted it.

08/30/2026

Our CEO has a not-so-secret recommendation to share:

08/06/2026

Now Available!
In this groundbreaking paper, Hunger Free America CEO Joel Berg details how the use of AI and other technologies will dramatically change how public programs are delivered, including replacing some functions previously carried out by humans. Whether that transformation is positive, negative, or a mixed bag overall will be determined by how that change is managed.
Read the full paper here:

Helping society move 'beyond the soup kitchen' and ensure economic and food self-sufficiency for all Americans. Ending Hunger Lifts Us All.