Hearing: Oversight - Local Food Procurement Date: January 14, 2020 Testimony From: CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute Good afternoon committee members. By scheduling this oversight hearing on local food procurement, the Contracts Committee is working to ensure that the City purchases food not only to improve the health of New Yorkers but also to support [...]
New York City is an epicenter for urban agriculture. With the largest system in the country, it includes a vast (and perhaps unknown) number of community gardens, greenhouses, and rooftop farms. Despite this vital urban infrastructure, the city still does not have a comprehensive urban agriculture plan. New York City lags behind other US cities [...]
CUNY Urban Food Policy Director Nicholas Freudenberg testified before a hearing of the City Council Committees on Higher Education and General Welfare on February 14, 2019. This is an excerpt from his testimony: Healthy CUNY, the university-wide initiative to promote student health for academic success, has proposed that CUNY, New York City and New York [...]
Download as PDF Dear Chairman Greenfield, Council Member Espinal, and Committee Members. My name is Nevin Cohen, and I am an Associate Professor of Health Policy at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Research Director of the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute. The CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute advances urban food equity by [...]
On October 26, 2016, the New York City Council Committee on Consumer Affairs held a hearing on the proposed Street Vending Modernization Act. The CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute submitted testimony, which you can read and download below. This legislation proposes to: Double the number of food vendor permits over seven years with 5% of [...]
On September 30, 2016 the New York City Council Committee on Small Business and Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises held an oversight hearing on Zoning and Incentives for Promoting Retail Diversity and Preserving Neighborhood Character. Nevin Cohen, Research Director at the Urban Food Policy Institute, prepared and delivered testimony focusing on the challenges and opportunities [...]
