Food pantries across the city are seeing longer lines, and those in the Bronx, the poorest urban county in the nation, are no exception.
As Sam Roberts reported last week, the median household income in the Bronx was $35,033, and nearly 28 percent of the borough’s residents — and 47 percent of its households headed by women with children — were living in poverty.
At the St. Francis of Assisi food pantry in Morris Heights, Ines Gonzalez, the pantry’s coordinator, has noticed an increase in the number of people seeking help. More recently, she says more of these people are unemployed and illegal immigrants. Every month, the pantry serves an average of more than 2,000 children, 2,300 adults and 400 seniors. Last week, the pantry served 282 children, 311 adults and 69 seniors, according to records she keeps for Catholic Charities and the Food Bank for New York City. Read more..
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