De Blasio: 2 million people in New York City face food insecurity amid pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has doubled the number of people in New York City experiencing food insecurity, Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) said Thursday.”We’re dealing with an unprecedented crisis,” de Blasio said Thursday morning during his daily press briefing, according to NPR. “Before the coronavirus, we thought somewhere around a million people were food insecure and needed food. Now we think that number is 2 million or more.”The new figure…