NEW YORK — Gloria Robinson waits longer these days for food at the local pantry to feed her children.
As the price of grocery staples reached a decades-long high and pandemic-era benefits expired, Robinson, a mom of eight from the Bronx, told The New York Daily News the pantry line has grown too. At sites near her apartment on Yates Ave., the wait can take up to five hours. Sometimes there isn’t any food left once she arrives.
“I do as much as I could,” said Robinson, 57, who has lung disease and arthritis that make the wait difficult or near impossible. “I haven’t been to the pantry in three weeks.”
