May 4, 2024
FROM STATE COMPTROLLER TOM DINAPOLI: Food insecurity increased in New York, with one-in-nine households unable to get enough food at some point during 2020 through 2022 because they lacked money or other resources, according to a follow-up analysis released by State Comptroller DiNapoli. His 2023 report found one-in-10 New York households experienced food insecurity in 2019 through 2021. Nationally, food insecurity increased for the first time in over a decade to 11.2% during 2020 through 2022.
“As the COVID pandemic ended, so did many of the enhanced federal benefits that helped struggling families put food on the table, and just as food and other household costs started to rise,” State Comptroller DiNapoli said. “These benefits drove down the number of households facing food insecurity and food insufficiency. Higher food costs and rising poverty rates leave far too many New York households with too little to eat. I urge the federal government to expand eligibility for nutrition assistance programs so we can make sure families throughout New York and America don’t go hungry.”
