Our President & CEO Grace C. Bonilla was recently featured in The Downtown Mag Women’s Issue 2025, opening up about the most difficult part of her job and sharing her best advice for the next generation of women leaders. Watch her full interview here: (fb)

Yesterday, we stood alongside other anti-hunger advocates on the steps of City Hall to call for $100M in funding for Community Food Connection (CFC) in the upcoming city budget. CFC is a vital New York City-funded program which supports more than 700 community kitchens and food pantries citywide. We applaud Speaker NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, New York City Council, and Council Members Diana Ayala and Justin Brannan for including this $100M in funding for CFC in their budget response—your leadership is essential to ensuring no New Yorker goes hungry. Now, we urge Mayor Eric Adams to not only restore past cuts to CFC but to approve $100M for the program in this and future budgets. At a time when New Yorkers face an affordability crisis and federal cuts to vital services, our city must step up. We must invest in food security, not add to the pressures our neighbors feel. Join UWNYC, Food Bank For New York City, City Harvest, The Roundtable: Allies for Food Access, The NYC Food Policy Alliance, Hunger Free America and anti-hunger advocates across the city in urging Mayor Adams to fund CFC at $100M and fight for a food secure New York City. Together, let’s ensure the city budget reflects the urgent needs of NYC families and the organizations that serve them. (fb)