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Demand Growing at NYC Food Pantry
by Eileen Markey
NEW YORK, NY March 11, 2009 —As unemployment grows, more New Yorkers are having a hard time putting food on the table. The increased need is straining the city's nearly one thousand food pantries. Eileen Markey spent an evening waiting on line at one of them, and has this story for WNYC.
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