NEW YORK - Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday announced the city has helped provide more than 2.6 million meals to New Yorkers in need over the last three weeks.

The city is now expanding its free meals program, which was initially just for public school students, to cover any adult.

 

Seniors who have difficulty leaving their homes to pick up meals will be able to receive delivery service. 

The mayor says there are now 435 meal pick up sites across the five boroughs.

If you need meals you can text FOOD or COMIDA to 877-877 to find your nearest pick up site. 

"We will not let any new yorker go hungry. Literally. We will not let any new yorker go hungry. we have been planning, since the beginning of this crisis, to address the hunger problem," De Blasio said.

The mayor also delivered a positive update on the coronavirus pandemic, saying the city's ventilator supply will now last through this week.

He says there's been a slight improvement in the number of patients hospitalized for the virus. But he cautioned that the city is not out of the woods just yet.