Advocate
Our Policy Platform
#1: Address the Root Causes of Hunger
Advocate for policies that end hunger by addressing its root causes and confronting systemic inequities that disproportionately impact food insecure communities.
#2: Strengthen Government Programs
Strengthen and expand eligibility for income-based government benefit programs so that all New Yorkers can feed themselves and their families, ensuring that benefits reflect the true cost of living.
#3: Bolster NYC’s Charitable Food Network
Ensure that New York City’s food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelter networks have the resources to provide all food-insecure New Yorkers with access to food that accommodates individual and cultural preferences, and religious requirements, including Halal and Kosher.
#4: Create an Equitable and Sustainable Food System
Advocate for a food system that benefits workers, growers, and businesses that value their workforce, the environment, health and nutrition, and the local economy.
Our Advocacy Work
Advocacy Season 2024
Thanks to advocates like you, we have seen strong wins in both the New York City and New York State budgets and the protection of programs that fight hunger on all levels of government.
City Harvest Advocacy Awards
City Harvest works with hundreds of dedicated leaders at food pantries and soup kitchens across the city to advocate a more equitable food system—together. The City Harvest Advocacy Awards recognize these exceptional frontline leaders for their advocacy contributions to fighting hunger in New York City.
Joint Statement in Response to 3 Million New Yorkers Losing Emergency Food Benefits on March 1, 2023
Read the joint statement from City Harvest, Food Bank For New York City, and United Way of New York City. Acting together, we can help make sure fewer New Yorkers go hungry.