Committee Meeting

Committee on General Welfare

Name: Committee on General Welfare Meeting
Start: 2019-09-18T00:00:00
Location: Council Chambers - City Hall

September 18, 20191:00 PMCouncil Chambers - City Hall

The Committee on General Welfare met on September 18, 2019 and held hearings on 16 bills.

Agenda

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Jointly with the Committee on Economic Development and the Committee on Education
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Roll Call

Legislation

16 bills discussed — 16 hearing held

Provision of information regarding the health bucks program and farmers’ markets.

Int 1650-2019

Distribution of information regarding summer meals.

Int 1675-2019

Requiring the DOE to report on implementing scratch-cooked school food service.

Int 1676-2019

Plan to identify and enroll seniors eligible for supplemental nutrition assistance benefits.

Int 1659-2019

Requiring the office of food policy to formulate a 10-year food policy plan.

Int 1664-2019

Reporting requirements regarding the production, processing, distribution and consumption of food in the city.

Int 1680-2019

City agency food waste prevention plans.

Int 1673-2019

Calling upon the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) to expand eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to public college students.

Res 1024-2019

Opt into the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Restaurant Meals Program to allow disabled, elderly and homeless SNAP recipients to use their benefits on hot meals and other prepared foods at participating grocery stores, delis and restauran

Res 1025-2019

Neighborhood awareness campaigns regarding farm-to-city projects.

Int 1654-2019

Establishment of an office of food policy.

Int 1666-2019

Establishing an office of urban agriculture and an urban agriculture advisory board.

Int 1663-2019

Creating a good food purchasing program.

Int 1660-2019

Requiring the dept of parks and recreation to collect and report data regarding community gardens reporting and permitting the sale of agriculture within community gardens.

Int 1653-2019

Ensuring that community gardens are classified as open space, outdoor recreation, a community garden or other similar description of land in a database maintained by the dept of city planning.

Int 1652-2019

School food waste prevention plans.

Int 1681-2019

Documents

Meeting AgendaPDF

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Meeting Agenda

10/16/2019

Meeting Minutes