Albany, NY – April 25, 2024 – Feeding New York State, the state association of New York’s 10 Feeding America food banks, applauds state leaders for negotiating a budget that includes critical funding to alleviate hunger.
MAR. 27, 2024
BY JACK ARPEY, NEW YORK STATE
Two state lawmakers are pushing to increase the minimum SNAP benefit in New York state, which presently sits at $23 per month. Syracuse area state Senator Rachel May and Queens Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas want to see that raised to $100 per month.
To demonstrate why, they went shopping Wednesday in Albany to see just how much $23 a month can buy. While prices vary from store to store and community to community, the point was clear.
They started out shopping for breakfast, and with only a handful of items in the shopping cart, they didn’t make it even to lunch.
February 22, 2024
BY CASEY BORTNICK AND CAPITAL TONIGHT STAFF NEW YORK STATE
Food assistance organizations across New York state have been seeing an uptick in the number of people in need of a helping hand. They often rely on resources like the Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program, or HPNAP, and Nourish New York. But now, many advocates are concerned about proposed cuts to HPNAP. Dan Egan, executive director of Feeding New York State, joined Capital Tonight Wednesday to discuss the topic.
February 14, 2024
BY JACK ARPEY, NEW YORK STATE
Advocates and lawmakers from both parties gathered at the New York state Capitol Wednesday to push for more funding to fight food insecurity.
They’re calling for increased funding for several programs designed to make it easier for New Yorkers in need to access healthy meals.
“There should be no shame in needing help, having a program to supplement your grocery bill doesn’t signify and sense of failure,” said Whitley Hasty, benefits navigation coordinator at Foodlink in Rochester.
JAN. 31, 2024
BY TIM WILLIAMS, NEW YORK STATE
Health advocates and major upstate New York food retailers including Price Chopper and Tops Friendly Markets are calling for an increase in the SNAP program to combat food insecurity in the Empire State via letters sent to Gov. Kathy Hochul.
January 29, 2024
Advocates and lawmakers gathered at the New York State Capitol on Monday to rally for free school meals for every student in the state.
Last year, expansions in eligibility at the federal level and state budget subsidies expanded the number of students who could take part, but the goal is to make free meals universal.
