Food Bank For NYC

NEW YORK — On a golden fall evening, Food Bank For New York City’s Eat For Good dinner with Dishoom and Elder raised enough to provide 240,000 meals for New Yorkers facing food insecurity, marking a powerful contribution to the organization’s annual 50 ...

BRONX, N.Y. – Food security is about more than just food. It requires the infrastructure to move millions of pounds of nutritious food to communities across our city.

That’s why we were proud to welcome Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to our Hunts Point Food Distribution Center on Monday, September 21, to celebrate $6 million in Congressional Directed Spend...

BRONX, N.Y. — Five years ago to the day, Food Bank For New York City and the New York Yankees launched a Mobile Pantry distribution outside Yankee Stadium. This Tuesday morning, on the same patch of Bronx pavement, a new Ford Transit van pulled in to help keep food moving across the five boroughs.

Donated by Your Local Ford Stores, Ford Philant...

Ridwan knows, food just hits different from someone’s kitchen. “Growing up in Astoria, it was very diverse. First generation everywhere. And everyone fed us from their kitchen.”

He never forgot opening a friend’s fridge as a kid to find only ketchup and mustard, prompting his own parents to step in and help.

Now he travels an hour and a h...

Nancy started volunteering before the pandemic, but COVID showed her how fast “enough” can disappear. Now she stocks the shelves at the same pantry she gets help from, providing for her daughter while giving back to her community.

She tells other families there’s no shame in walking through the door.

“Everybody is struggling and that’s ok. ...