what is food insecurity anyway?

Have you ever paid your rent, your light bill, and your monthly metro card  and realized that you had very little left over for anything else?  And that you had to wait until your next check came in or use your charge card (if you have one)?  Now suppose it was even worse, and there was not even enough money to buy enough food for the month, and you had no charge card.  And that you would have to miss a meal or a couple of meals.  That is basically what food insecurity is.  There are 1.5 million people in New York City who are currently food insecure, and 1 out of every 4 is a child.