- Free food resources from New York City: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/contact/services/COVID-19FoodAssistance.shtml
No registration, ID, or documentation required.No dining space is available, so meals must be eaten off premises.
The GetFood program has ended. For food assistance from the city go to this link: https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-03461
2. Food pantries map: https://www.foodbanknyc.org/get-help/
3. People who receive SNAP benefits may now use their card to purchase food online from major retailers: https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/online-purchasing-pilot
4. SNAP and WIC information: https://www.hungerfreeamerica.org/en-us/benefits-access
5. Assistance with deliveries: Invisible Hands is a group of healthy volunteers from communities at the least risk for severe COVID-19 reactions working to bring groceries and supplies to those in high-risk demographics. Contact them to place an order for yourself or on behalf of family/friend/neighbor. Volunteers needed too! Request a delivery via website https://www.invisiblehandsdeliver.com/request-a-delivery
6. List of Food Pantries and Soup Kitchens All boroughs
7. Food Bank for New York City has a map showing food pantries and soup kitchens. Scroll down to view.
10.) Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center Food Resources online guide by borough and zip code:
https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/coronavirus-nyc-food-reports/
Some of the neighborhood reports:
Upper West Side: https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/coronavirus-nyc-food-resource-guide-upper-west-side/
Washington Heights/Inwood: https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/coronavirus-nyc-food-resource-guide-washington-heights-inwood/
East Harlem: https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/coronavirus-nyc-food-resource-guide-east-harlem/
13. New York Common Pantry — one of the city’s largest food pantries and soup kitchens — welcomes new clients for intake at their 8 E. 109th St. site from 10 am – 4 pm, Monday – Saturday. Food distribution hours are between 10 am – 2 pm, Wednesday – Saturday. Hot lunches are provided from 2:30 – 3:30 pm, Monday – Friday. “Brown Bag” distribution is 4 – 5 pm on weekends. They’ve also added a seniors-only (age 60+) food distribution on Mondays from 10 am – 2 pm. Email NYCPServices@nycommonpantry.
14. The CLOTH Food Pantry at 508 W. 159th St. has doubled its distribution hours. Now 9 am–1 pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Packaged food is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Additional volunteers are needed to unload the food trucks, pack and distribute bags: email pantry@cloth159.org to lend a hand.
16. Are there seniors in your family? They are eligible for free meals. Seniors can now request meal delivery via their local senior centers (find the nearest one by calling 311) or by emailing Gale Brewer’s office at seniorfood@manhattanbp.nyc.gov. We’re working with LiveOn New York to help enroll seniors directly in the meal delivery program. Seniors are receiving nine meals with each delivery, every three days.
17. All families with children in public schools should have received $420 in cash or EBT card aid in a new federal program. This program has no impact on “public charge” status for non-citizen households: https://otda.ny.gov/SNAP-COVID-19/Frequently-Asked-Questions-Pandemic-EBT.asp
18. Lemontree offers a free helpline for food resources: https://www.foodhelpline.org/