March 20, 2024
North Regent Street resident Roberto Pugliese sits behind a childhood photo of his late wife, Filomena, on Tuesday, Mar. 19. The retiree receives free food every month from Paul O’Reilly, a volunteer with Hillside Food Outreach, a nonprofit that provides healthy groceries to residents in need across Westchester and other counties.
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At the start of the year, the New York State Health Department released a study indicating the presence of food insecurity in the state. That report indicated 20% of adults in Westchester had limited access to food because of their economic standing. One such individual is Roberto Pugliese, a 78-year-old resident of Port Chester. He retired early in 2007 to take care of his mother-in-law and continued to rely on social security checks to support himself.
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