On November 3, 2025, Food Brigade Executive Director Carmine DeMarco was interviewed by CBS News at our Passaic County Community Food Security Center in Clifton:

"The Food Brigade regularly feeds about 700 families, but in the last two weeks has seen a more than 100% increase in new applications for help. 'People are suffering. People are struggling. People are not making enough money to put food on their tables,' Carmine DeMarco said."

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