Free school meals for all NY schoolchildren should be ‘fully funded’ by Gov. Hochul, advocates say

[Sen.] Murray agreed. “I was raised by a single mom working three jobs. We were on food stamps, welfare. And I was in the free and reduced breakfast and lunch program. And let me tell you, there was a stigma. They would point. They would whisper. … And that’s the stigma that goes with it. We have to erase that. We have to make sure every child, every child that is hungry is fed. That’s our job. That’s our duty.”