Hinchey keeps up pressure for free school meals News

Hinchey keeps up pressure for free school meals

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. (Daily Freeman)– The current means-tested school meal programs leave many behind, including families…

Emily CruzMarch 2, 2023

Letter: Support Nutritious Meals for All Students News

Letter: Support Nutritious Meals for All Students

ALBANY, N.Y. (Huntington Now)– We must do all we can to combat food insecurity, particularly…

Emily CruzMarch 2, 2023

America’s school lunch crisis News

America’s school lunch crisis

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. (Vox)– “School cafeterias are particularly salient in shaping school climate,” said…

Emily CruzMarch 2, 2023

Sen. Hinchey rallies in Albany to push for permanent healthy school meal program News

Sen. Hinchey rallies in Albany to push for permanent healthy school meal program

ALBANY, N.Y. (News 12 New Jersey)– Hinchey says food is a form of health care…

Emily CruzMarch 1, 2023

Legislation would create a permanent healthy school meals program for New York public schools News

Legislation would create a permanent healthy school meals program for New York public schools

ALBANY, N.Y. (News 12 Brooklyn)– Officials around the state and here in the Hudson Valley…

Emily CruzFebruary 24, 2023

The state should fund school meals for students EditorialsNews

The state should fund school meals for students

ALBANY, N.Y. (Newsday)– “Some suggest the responsibility for providing universal free meals lies with the…

Emily CruzFebruary 23, 2023

‘A hunger Grand Canyon’: Concerns surge in New York as COVID-era benefits are set to end on March 1 News

‘A hunger Grand Canyon’: Concerns surge in New York as COVID-era benefits are set to end on March 1

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. (AMNY)– “According to Queens Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas, who serves as…

Emily CruzFebruary 23, 2023

How organizations in New York are tackling food insecurity News

How organizations in New York are tackling food insecurity

BUFFALO, N.Y. (Spectrum News)– “One of the biggest pushes in Albany is the Healthy School…

Emily CruzFebruary 22, 2023

Commentary: Hochul’s budget does too little to address hunger News

Commentary: Hochul’s budget does too little to address hunger

BUFFALO, N.Y. (Spectrum News)– “Hungry children cannot learn. Universal school meals are proven to cut…

Emily CruzFebruary 20, 2023

Unpaid student meal debt on the rise in some Long Island school districts News

Unpaid student meal debt on the rise in some Long Island school districts

LONG ISLAND, N.Y. (Newsday)– “After the end of free meals for students enacted during the…

Emily CruzFebruary 17, 2023