| Federal/State: | New York | |||
| Bill: | NY SB 2193 - Concerning farmers' markets | |||
| Summary: | Would expand urban and regional, year-round farmers' markets to provide access to fresh, New York grown foods to more people, particularly low-income. | |||
| Sponsor(s): | Senator Jeffrey D. Klein (D) | |||
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| Federal/State: | New York | |||
| Bill: | NY HB 2436 - Senior benefits card program | |||
| Summary: | Would create the senior benefits cards program to enable and encourage seniors to purchase healthy and appropriate foods at a discounted price. | |||
| Sponsor(s): | Assemblyman Steven Englebright (D) | |||
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| Federal/State: | New York | |||
| Bill: | NY HB 2483 - FRESH communities act | |||
| Summary: | Would improve access to healthy foods in low-income communities and food deserts by providing incentives for businesses to locate in those areas. | |||
| Sponsor(s): | Assemblywoman Vanessa L. Gibson (D) | |||
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| Federal/State: | New York | |||||||||
| Bill: | NY HB 4858 - Study on kitchen incubators | |||||||||
| Summary: | Would require the board of trustees of the state university of New York and the board of trustees of the City University of New York to conduct a study on the economic impact of the establishment of kitchen incubators on certain campuses. | |||||||||
| Sponsor(s): | Assemblyman Marcos A. Crespo (D) | |||||||||
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| Federal/State: | New York | ||||||
| Bill: | NY SB 2099 - Senior benefits card program | ||||||
| Summary: | Would create the senior benefits cards program to enable and encourage seniors to purchase healthy and appropriate foods at a discounted price. | ||||||
| Sponsor(s): | Senator Martin J. Golden (R) | ||||||
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| Federal/State: | New York | |||
| Bill: | NY SB 2425 - FRESH Communities Act | |||
| Summary: | Would improve access to healthy foods in low-income communities and food deserts by providing incentives for businesses to locate in those areas. | |||
| Sponsor(s): | Senator Eric L. Adams (D) | |||
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| Federal/State: | New York | |||||||||
| Bill: | NY SB 2438 - Concerning adult and child obesity prevention | |||||||||
| Summary: | Would combat the incidence of adult and child obesity by encouraging direct marketing of fresh fruits and vegetables in areas with a high incidence of adult and child obesity. | |||||||||
| Sponsor(s): | Senator Jeffrey D. Klein (D) | |||||||||
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| Federal/State: | New York | |||||||||
| Bill: | NY HB 4001 - Community food security, empowerment, and economic development program | |||||||||
| Summary: | Establish the community food security, empowerment and economic development program to support the development of community food projects designed to meet the food needs of low-income people, increase the self-reliance of communities in providing for their own food needs and promote comprehensive responses to local food, farm and nutrition issues. | |||||||||
| Sponsor(s): | Assemblywoman Vivian Cook (D) | |||||||||
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| Federal/State: | New York | |||
| Bill: | NY SB 3819 - FRESH Communities Act | |||
| Summary: | Would provide loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and grants to businesses, municipalities, not-for-profit corporations or local development corporations for the purpose of attracting, maintaining or permitting the expansion of food retail establishments in underserved areas. | |||
| Sponsor(s): | Senator Timothy M. Kennedy (D) | |||
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| Federal/State: | New York | |||
| Bill: | NY HB 6628 - Establishes provisions to combat the incidence of adult and childhood obesity | |||
| Summary: | Would amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to combating the incidence of adult and child obesity and encouraging direct marketing of fresh fruits and vegetables in areas with a high incidence of adult and child obesity. | |||
| Sponsor(s): | Assemblyman Felix Ortiz (D) | |||
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| Federal/State: | New York | |||
| Bill: | NY HB 6997 - Kitchen incubator and shared-use kitchen facilities | |||
| Summary: | Would authorize within available appropriations in the Empire State Economic Development Fund to award grants, on a competitive basis in response to request-for-proposals, to local development corporations, municipalities, educational institutions, and other not-for-profit organizations for the costs involved in starting or expanding a kitchen incubator/shared-use kitchen facility. | |||
| Sponsor(s): | Assemblywoman Vivian Cook (D) | |||
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