* "Food or rent? That is the daily choice faced by about 1.2 million of New York's 8.2 million people. Faced with that choice, mostly they pay rent and rely on emergency or charity food to survive, poverty activists say."
* "New York has perhaps the most visible income gap. While the city's Wall Street bankers are due to collect nearly $24 billion in bonuses this year, more than one-fifth of New Yorkers are battling to make ends meet below the national poverty line of $10,000 a year for an individual. About 3,800 people were living on the streets in 2006, according to New York City statistics."
* "One quarter of New York's 1.9 million children are living in poverty, 40 percent of families with children had difficulty affording food in 2005 and one-fifth of the city's children rely on free food to survive, according to a report by the Food Bank For New York City."
* "OBESITY STRUGGLE: Ironically, many people struggling with hunger are also battling the bulge, and both the Food Bank For New York City and Part of the Solution aim to provide nutritious, balanced meals. 'I get my child a hamburger, French fries and soda and they're satisfied and it's only cost me 99 cents -- I go to the supermarket and I can't even get a can of beans for that,' Cabrera said."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061226/us_nm/usa_poverty_newyork_dc
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