You’re right.
Let’s just give them what they want, don’t make them have to do anything for it. Give them cash so they can go out and buy what they want and then show up at a shelter needing feeding.
Do apartments have kitchens in NYC? Or do Churches have access to kitchens?
You hand the people that need food, raw food, staple foods and they will have to find a way to cook them, if they want to eat.
I was not aware that people in NYC live in housing that is not equipped to cook food. Well they would have to adapt. Maybe trade the xbox for a rice cooker.
I have been a lot of places and most of the people in those places had the ability to cook food.
I understand your feelings, but you are not aware of the reality of extreme poverty in NY. These people are not living in apartments, they are often living in tiny rooms with a bathroom down the hall. It is illegal for them to have even a hotplate, much less a refrigerator in which to keep food.