New York is the wealthiest city in the world. Still, 2,000,000 New Yorkers suffer from food insecurity, meaning they simply do not have enough to eat. 700,000 of the city’s children will go to bed hungry tonight, as will 11 percent of its elderly. As the federal government continues to implement programs that make it harder for the poor to access the food they need, it falls upon the city and private agencies to provide much-needed nutrition. Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson represents The Bronx, the borough with the highest rate of people facing food insecurity. More than a quarter of Bronx residents don’t have access to the food they need. She talks about the poverty she sees in her district, what the city is doing to help, and why the number of food insecure residents isn’t going down. Grace Bonilla is the Administrator in charge of the Human Resources Administration, the department responsible for making sure people in need know about and receive the vital services available to them. She’ll talk about how some federal policies, like changes to the Public Charge rule, keep immigrant families from accessing the resources they need. As Executive Director of Citymeals on Wheels, Beth Shapiro has seen the sharp increase in the number of elderly New Yorkers facing food insecurity. They have delivered millions of meals to homebound seniors. She’ll talk  about the strain that’s being put on organizations like hers as the city’s population ages. Beyond that, she’ll speak to another need in the community she serves:  company.  Equally important to the food they deliver, Citymeals volunteers may be the only other humans many of New York’s homebound elderly will see every day. With 700,000 Americans about to be kicked off SNAP, many of them New Yorkers, finding ways to feed the hungry could not be more urgent.