Thursday, November 1, 2012

[Updated] Claim: People are dumpster diving for food in the East Village



Updated:

Here's a tweet via Jonathan Vigliotti, a correspondent for News 4 New York...



A reader who witnessed this thought it wasn't necessarily out of desperation ... just people taking advantage of free groceries, with the rummaging happening to find the items that hadn't expired...

Updated 5:59:

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13 comments:

  1. I just spoke to a friend who lives in the East Village and asked if there are any people from the Red Cross or any other organizations passing out food, and she said no. Has anyone else seen any sort of outreach in the East Village? I know people have to be running low on food now.

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  2. Actually they are retrieving food thrown out by Associated. Think about it, there are no shops open in walking distance, and there is perfectly good food being unloaded. Earlier in the week other supermarkets were giving away their food.
    Things are not that bad. Geez.

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  3. Have not seen this, but I think this was at Key. As per a follow up tweet.

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  4. OFFS. Stop whining and trying to make things seem worse than they are. Walk a few blocks or take a free bus to another neighborhood where there's food, electricity and cell service.

    So you're inconvenienced, you're alive and you likely still have a place to live that isn't full of sewage. A lot of people weren't so fortunate. Suck it up and pray this is the worst hardship you ever have to face.

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  5. @Anonymous 3:49 --- agreed!!! When I see the shattered neighborhoods in Breezy Point, Tottenville and swaths of the Jersey Shore, I consider myself LUCKY have only lost my electricity.

    So I shlepped uptown to a Duane Reade when I ran out of toothpaste, have gradually cooked everything in my freezer for meals, (yeah, I actually HAD FOOD IN MY HOUSE BEFORE THE STORM), and because I'm such a rocket scientist, I have figured out how to use my gas stove to heat large pots of water for a nice toasty quasi hot bath.

    Oh yeah, and not being able to go online has allowed me to find the time to finally catch up on that pile of New Yorker magazines that I've been meaning to read.

    And by candle light, with a glass of red wine, no less.

    Yeah, that's "how bad it is."

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    1. Good for you. Enjoy your candlelit bath time and try to imagine what it's like for those of us who have others to care for. I have a 3week old baby in need of medical care that we can't get him right now.

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  6. An addendum --- things totally SUCK, however, for neighborhood folks living in high rises. To them, I admit you are probably miserable and totally screwed, unfortunately.

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  7. For those of you criticizing the whiners, please keep in mind that not everyone can just hop on a bus and get uptown. My friend just helped an elderly woman who couldn't get food on her own and was having trouble getting about. There are also mothers with children who can't just hop on a bus and go to another neighborhood. Please have some empathy for others who might not be faring as well as you. And if you are doing well, get out there and see if you can help a neighbor. This isn't a time to be posturing and trading insults. It's a time to help each other.

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  8. Key Foods?

    Bodega on 1st and 7th St?

    Bodega on 2nd and 4th?

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  9. There are people who don't even have cash on hand to buy food at the stores that are open in the East Village. All of the stores I have been to downtown are cash only right now.

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  10. To the person whining about criticizing whiners: bringing mothers & the elderly into this conversation is disingenuous, as the erroneous dumpster-diving comments were made by neither. If someone puts out false information, it's right to criticize them for it.

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  11. Sure looks good on new yorkers, and a week from now half of you will be at the dumpsters too.

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  12. No need to tell people to stop the whining. Sadly, the people suffering the most are suffering in silence. Did you hear about that 87-year-old woman trapped in public housing? Her story only came out because a reporter knocked on her door. No one else checked on her.

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