Zohran Mamdani was elected Mayor of New York City based on a platform to make New York City affordable. His campaign included a proposal to create five city-run grocery stores, one in each borough, that would sell food at affordable prices by operating as non-profit public retailers. The idea of creating city-run grocery stores [...]
Location: CUNY Graduate Center, Room 9100 (Skylight Room) This forum, scheduled to coincide with the UN High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases (Sept. 21–27) and New York City Climate Week (Sept 21 -28) will bring together experts to examine how corporate structures, systems, and practices contribute to both climate change and the global rise in [...]
Resilient Kitchens is the 2024 James Beard Book Award winner in the food issues and advocacy category and a collection of essays about the lives of immigrants in the United States before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, told through the lens of food. The volume highlights diverse perspectives from professional food writers, restaurateurs, scholars, [...]
