BY TIM WILLIAMS NEW YORK STATE
PUBLISHED 4:57 PM ET JAN. 31, 2024
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.
According to data from the state Department of Health, nearly one in four adults (24.9%) experience food insecurity, with some counties seeing that rate skyrockets to two out of five adults. Recent USDA research found that one in five children are experiencing food insecurity in the United States.
