Posted on August 23, 2015 by Hansi Lo Wang in NPR NPR, By Hansi Lo Wang Eight months after homelessness hit a record in New York City, you can still see the need of the city’s most vulnerable in Tompkins Square Park. “Good morning! Two pieces?” asks Mario Cornejo, as he places slices of frosted banana bread on paper towels for a long line of hungry people. “It used to be just a small pot before,” explains Cornejo, a volunteer with a New York group called Food for Life since 2008. “Now it’s a big pot and bigger salad containers, more trays of cake.” With warmer weather, he says he’s seen more homeless people lounging in the park and lining up for free meals.
