NYC today, everywhere else in a few days/weeks. Without universal basic income, we are totally f@cked. 30-40% of people are without income and it's either soup kitchens and spike in crime, or UBI.
Three free meals available daily for any New Yorker
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#12Can't wait for the pictures of overcrowded meal hubs on social media.
Well, let's see. Certainly going to happen in one form or another, may have organised spaced-out queue's at the locations but be bottlenecks getting there I do suspect.
But gets down to the people acting responsibly in the end. You can lead a horse to water but you just can't get them to queue in an orderly manner.
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#13Wonder how they make the food? It’s a huge operation to undertake. A logistical nightmare. How can they estimate how many people will show up and how much to cook? Kudos to them to do this though.
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#14New York City, that is. Not New York State.
Also no kosher option. Still Halal and Vegetarian options available, so clearly some thought given and overlooked. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_New_York_City
If I were given food for free when I have no food, I'd eat anything.
Not a New Yorker, was through war when I was a kid, speaking from experience.
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#15Wonder how they make the food? It’s a huge operation to undertake. A logistical nightmare. How can they estimate how many people will show up and how much to cook? Kudos to them to do this though.
Commercial kitchens and rough estimates.
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#16NYC today, everywhere else in a few days/weeks. Without universal basic income, we are totally f@cked. 30-40% of people are without income and it's either soup kitchens and spike in crime, or UBI.
"Without universal basic income, we are totally f@cked."
Speak only for yourself.
Re: Three free meals available daily for any New Yorker
#17Wonder how they make the food? It’s a huge operation to undertake. A logistical nightmare. How can they estimate how many people will show up and how much to cook? Kudos to them to do this though.
Looking at the meal info, it doesn't appear anything is being cooked so much as assembled (e.g. PB&J)
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#18One of those things I wish could out last this virus.
We'd be so much better off as a society if we could at least keep our people fed.
The comments in here seem a little negative currently but this is great news. Think of all the people in NYC who didn't have access to clean and regular food before the virus.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also no kosher option. Still Halal and Vegetarian options available, so clearly some thought given and overlooked. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_New_York_City
If I were given food for free when I have no food, I'd eat anything. Not a New Yorker, was through war when I was a kid, speaking from experience.
Yet they singled out one religious dietary requirements whilst ignoring a whole demographic with a large populus and history of the area - colour me perplexed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews_in_New_York_City
Still, thank you for replying instead of blind downvote because antisemitisim has many forms it seems, even here :(
[EDIT ADD] WOW this comment has gone up and down like crazy - was +4 few mins ago, now -2 (as I type) - I'm stepping away from this forum for a bit as I do not wish to draw sad conclusions that appear evident :((
Re: Three free meals available daily for any New Yorker
#20So those of us with severe, non-voluntary dietary restrictions are just SOL huh?