#food-access

#food-access

A mayoral frontrunner proposes five government-run, taxpayer-funded grocery stores in NYC; critics cite failed municipal examples like Kansas City's publicly funded store.

Expanding culturally appropriate, affordable healthy food options in Bronx bodegas can improve diets and address obesity and chronic disease without harming bodega profits.

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, the Lower Ninth Ward remains significantly depopulated and underserved, with widespread damage, scarce services, and ongoing economic hardship.

A nonprofit pilot restaurant, Community Kitchen, aims to provide sustainably sourced, well-paid, plant-forward meals on a sliding scale to make healthy food affordable for all.

Progressive policies of Mayor hopeful Zohran Mamdani echo those of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg.