The MCU Foundation Increases Support for City Harvest With $200,000 Donation to Fight Record-High Food Insecurity in NYC

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 23, 2026--

The MCU Foundation, the charitable arm of Municipal Credit Union (MCU), today announced a $200,000 donation to City Harvest, New York City’s first and largest food rescue organization. With food prices continuing to skyrocket in NYC, the funding will directly support efforts to fight food insecurity across all five boroughs.

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"The affordability challenges facing New Yorkers today are real and growing, and the MCU Foundation is committed to meeting this moment," said George Chacon, President of the MCU Foundation. "Too many hardworking people in this city are being forced to choose between paying rent and putting food on the table. Increasing our support for City Harvest is one tangible way we can help ease that burden and invest in the well-being of the communities we serve."

"At MCU, being a good neighbor means showing up when it matters most," added Kyle Markland, Chief Executive Officer of MCU. "Amidst a continued and growing gap in affordability amongst New Yorkers, we're proud to deepen our partnership with City Harvest and to stand behind the work they do across all five boroughs as they remain on the front lines every single day making sure families don't go without."

MCU’s $200,000 gift alone is enough to help feed more than 465,000 people for a day. The funding will support City Harvest's critical efforts to rescue more than 86 million pounds of food this year, including more than 61 million pounds of fresh produce, and deliver it to a network of soup kitchens, food pantries and community food programs across New York City free of charge.

"City Harvest is thrilled to renew our partnership with the MCU Foundation," saidJilly Stephens, CEO of City Harvest. "We share a commitment to supporting the one in six New Yorkers who are facing food insecurity, and thanks to their generous support, the MCU Foundation will enable us to help feed more than 465,000 of our neighbors in need. We are grateful for their partnership in feeding our city—one day, one meal, one New Yorker at a time."

In addition to its financial contribution, MCU employees will have multiple opportunities throughout the year to volunteer with City Harvest, supporting food distribution and other hands-on efforts to address hunger across the five boroughs.

For more information about the MCU Foundation, visit: http://mcufoundation.nymcu.org

About The MCU Foundation
Established in 2023, the MCU Foundation was created by the Municipal Credit Union's (MCU) executive leadership with the mission of helping to build generational wealth and eliminate poverty—one New Yorker at a time. It furthers this mission by increasing access to necessities, education and homeownership to uplift the hardworking heroes in our community. For more information about the MCU Foundation and its programs, please visit mcufoundation.nymcu.org

About City Harvest:
City Harvest is New York’s first and largest food rescue organization, collecting high-quality, nutritious food that would otherwise go to waste to help provide free food for millions of New Yorkers experiencing food insecurity. Since our founding in 1982, we have rescued more than one billion pounds of fresh, nutritious food and delivered it—free of charge—to hundreds of food pantries, soup kitchens, community partners, and our own Mobile Markets® across the five boroughs. This year, we will rescue and distribute nearly 83 million pounds of nutritious food to our neighbors in need. By redirecting that food to families, we will also prevent the equivalent of more than 24 million kilograms of CO2 from entering the atmosphere. Named one of America's Top 100 Charities by Forbes, City Harvest also works alongside our community partners to build their capacity, expand nutrition education, and advocate for systems change through effective public policy. For more than 40 years, City Harvest has been there to feed our city—one day, one meal, one New Yorker at a time. To learn more, please visit cityharvest.org.

Left to Right: Frank Madeira, Treasurer, MCU Foundation; Marta Hodgkins-Sumner, City Harvest; Cania Infante, Director, MCU Foundation; George Chacon, President and Executive Director, MCU Foundation; Sarah Reul, City Harvest; Kyle Markland, CEO, MCU, Member Representative; Michael Savino, Director, MCU Foundation

ATLANTA (AP) — Federal immigration officers have been seen at an airport in Atlanta after President Donald Trump said he’d deploy agents to supplement the Transportation Security Administration during a government shutdown that has caused long lines at security checkpoints across the country.

On Monday morning, a handful of federal agents were seen by The Associated Press near busy lines at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Federal agents are a routine presence at international airports, where Customs and Border Protection officers screen arriving travelers and Homeland Security Investigations agents handle criminal cases tied to smuggling, trafficking and fraud.

What’s unusual in the current moment is their visibility at TSA security checkpoints, a role typically handled by transportation security officers rather than federal investigators.

Hundreds of thousands of Homeland Security workers, including from the TSA, U.S. Secret Service and Coast Guard, have worked without pay since Congress failed to renew DHS funding last month.

Some fear the move to deploy federal immigration agents will only escalate tensions.

Trump said Sunday he would order federal immigration agents to airports to assist TSA by guarding exit lanes or checking passenger IDs unless Democrats agreed to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Funding for the department lapsed Feb. 14 as Democrats refused to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement as well as Customs and Border Protection without changes to their operations in the wake of the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis.

Democrats are continuing to demand major changes to federal immigration operations — including policy changes that would require ICE agents to get a warrant from a judge before forcefully entering homes, the removal of masks and clear identifying information on uniforms.

Trump on Monday directed ICE officers not to wear face coverings in their work at airports. In a social media posted, Trump said he supports ICE officers wearing masks when dealing with “hardened criminals” but suggested it isn’t necessary when assisting with the “MESS at the airports.”

Grantham-Philips reported from New York. Associated Press writer Collin Binkley in Washington contributed to this report.

Federal immigration agents are seen at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Emilie Megnien)

People wait in long TSA security lines at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in the Queens borough of New York, Monday, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

Federal immigration agents are seen at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Emilie Megnien)

A federal immigration agent is seen as people wait in a TSA line at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Emilie Megnien)