Laying back on a squeaky wooden chair, tilted back a little with the front legs lifted in the air, 29-year-old Christopher Coon took a swig of soda from a 2-liter bottle, looking content and relieved in a 160 square-foot motel room in Staten Island. On this chilly evening, Coon made barely enough money to pay for […]
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Black Friday marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. This year in New York thousands of people flocked to crowded stores like Macy’s and Toys ‘R’ Us. Most of them will spend hundreds, if not thousands of dollars during these big holiday sales. For those like Christina Serrano this time of year is […]
For Monique James, a mother of five from New York’s congressional district 16th in the Bronx, feeding her family has never been an easy task. This year, it is even harder when she finds herself constantly short of money. “The cost of living is just harmful for poor people like myself, and I’d have to […]
Tina Williams, 35, mother of two boys aged 11 and 1, studies medical billing and coding at ASA College in New York City. For the second time this winter, Williams waited in line for hours to receive two quarts of free milk from the Milk From the Heart truck on the corner of Evelyn Place […]