New York City is experiencing its highest level of homelessness since the Great Depression, according to the non-profit group Coalition for the Homeless.
Another New York non-profit, City Harvest, says nearly 1.3 million residents are food insecure, including 1 in 4 children, in America’s most populous city.
Is there anyone on this train who’s hungry?” Thomas bellows from the center of the car.
But with the number of unhoused and hungry people in New York City only growing, the task often feels daunting.
The food is saving someone’s lifelong term, but for him I was helping him live, right there on the spot.”Henry Thomas distributes food in the New York City subway.
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