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Report: More New Yorkers Going Hungry

by Soterios Johnson

NEW YORK, NY June 12, 2008 —More New Yorkers are struggling to feed themselves and their families. The annual report from the Food Bank for New York City says that, between 2003 and 2007, the number of people who had trouble affording food jumped 55 percent, from 2 million to 3.1 million. Aine Duggan is the vice president of government relations, policy and research at the Food Bank. And she joins us now.


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