Great, let's stop going in circles. If you think that it's "not true" that people will go without food after cutting funding for positions with the HRA then I wholeheartedly disagree with you. Do with that what you will and have a nice day.

And, surprise surprise, this article doesn't cover every single thing that could possibly be affected. It's absolutely possible that cutting funding for the agency responsible for assisting the food insecure will leave more people food insecure.

Ok so it looks like you're confused. I didn't say "they are cutting soup kitchens". I said, it's disingenuous to suggest that folks who can't get SNAP can just get go to kitchens/pantries because it's just as possible that the administration of those kitchens/pantries will be negatively affected by these cuts.

Lol go back in this thread and see who brought up soup kitchens and food pantries. Certainly wasn't me.

Except that the HRA is responsible for funding over 500 soup kitchens and food pantries in NYC not to mention that the folks that provide administrative services and distribution for those very same soup kitchens and food pantries are employers of the HRA. Cutting funding for HIRING EMPLOYEES OF THE HRA is a huge problem for actually keeping those food pantries and kitchens operating.

Great then explain it to me. Where does the food come from? Who pays for it? Who pays for the distribution? Who says for the administration?

Where do you think the food comes from? The food fairy? Someone pays for the food, pays for the services to run, pays taxes so that those organizations can be tax exempt. The fact that you're saying "it's available" without addressing where it comes from shows that you don't have any concept of what it means to be food insecure.

From this comment it sounds like you're saying that unless someone dies from lack of food we shouldn't be concerned that they're struggling to buy themselves food? Those soup kitchens and pantries and free food programs require funding. They don't just magically appear. This post is about how funding is being cut for social services and public schools. You're actually making the point that funding being cut is detrimental to the way that people are currently surviving.