The South Bronx

The U.S. has largely been spared the global food shortages plaguing developing countries recently, but New York City is on the brink of experiencing a grocery crisis of its own from the closure of hundreds of supermarkets in the five boroughs.

The battle to save the Key Food in the Sound View neighborhood of the Bronx has brought the issue of the city’s dwindling stock of supermarkets into sharp relief, and become the centerpiece of the United Food and Commercial Workers union’s campaign to preserve local supermarkets.

Public officials joined the UFCW and food advocates on the steps of City Hall this afternoon to pressure the city to intervene and stop the shopping complex’s new landlord, Vornado Realty Trust, from pushing the Key Food out with rent hikes.  read more »