Report: Hunger rising in New York City
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The number of city residents relying on food from charities and unable to feed their families is rising, according to a report issued by an advocacy group.
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Blog: From the front lines on Fifth Avenue.
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The sports world is giving New Yorkers more than their usual quotient of agita recently.
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The number of new H.I.V. infections in men under 30 who have sex with men has increased sharply in New York City in the last five years.
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Diabetes ranked for the first time among the five leading causes of death in New York City.
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A new U.N. report showed a sharp increase in child malnutrition rates compared with last year, despite the efforts of more than 13,000 relief workers.
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Burger joints beware: New York's calorie crusaders are at it again. City health officials announced Wednesday that they hope to revive their stalled plan to force fast-food chains to add calorie counts to the big menu boards that hang above their counters.
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Living in big cities raises the risk of suffering from the eating disorder bulimia but not anorexia nervosa, Dutch psychologists said on Friday.
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Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK Americans are more likely to get their news from local TV and newspapers than national sources, according to a Gallup Poll released today. But of all sources, only news on the Internet is gaining in popularity.
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Retail prices for the greater New York area climbed 0.7% higher in October, with higher costs for housing, transportation, food and apparel offsetting a seasonal decline in electricity prices, according to the US Department of Labor&#39;s Bureau of Labor
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One quarter of New York City's 1.9  million children live in poverty -- 50 percent higher than the  United States average -- and many of these children are  overweight, a food supply group said on Tuesday.
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New York -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg is offering an olive branch, and some good shopping deals, to protesters planning to descend on New York for the Republican National Convention at the end of the month.
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New York City must take aggressive action now to meet increased demand for energy, housing and transportation as America's largest city faces population growth of nearly 1 million over the next 25 years, officials said on Tuesday.
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New York state's new budget for fiscal 2009 would rise 5.1 percent to $124 billion under Gov. Eliot Spitzer's plan unveiled on Tuesday, though he noted Wall Street's downturn caused "significant" revenue declines.
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The number of malnutrition cases recorded by hospitals rises for the fourth year in a row, figures show.
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New York is better known for tall buildings and crowded streets than farms but a group of environmentalists say Gotham's rooftops could be used to grow enough vegetables to feed the entire city and reduce dependence on far-away farms.
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A new U.N. report showed a sharp increase in child malnutrition rates compared with last year, despite the efforts of more than 12,000 relief workers.