Nearly 1.5 million New Yorkers live in poverty, struggling to afford basic necessities such as rent and medical care while trying to put food on their tables. As more people are affected by the recession and high unemployment in New York City the need for emergency food has increased dramatically.

City Harvest is and always has been the New York City community’s response to hunger. We link the food industry and countless organizations, foundations, corporations and private citizens together to help feed their hungry neighbors. Each week we help feed more than 260,000 hungry men, women and children.

Agencies

Agencies that feed hungry New Yorkers have been stretched thin by the growing demand for emergency food. Many have been forced to ration portions or turn people away. City Harvest provides free deliveries of food to nearly 600 emergency food programs throughout New York City.

This year City Harvest will rescue and deliver more than 26 million pounds of food. Click here for a complete list of the programs that receive food from City Harvest.

Hunger Facts

More than 1 million New Yorkers will access emergency food at some point this year including nearly 350,000 children and more than 140,000 seniors.

Click here to learn more about the state of hunger in New York City today.

Hunger Statistics

Learn more about hunger in New York City.