Relates to providing that monies from the CARES act be allocated to food banks or other participating entities to purchase food products from New York farmers and processors for distribution to New Yorkers experiencing hunger or food insecurity.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8504
IN SENATE
June 6, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT relating to funding for food banks, emergency food providers, or
other participating entities to purchase food products from New York
farmers and processors for distribution to New Yorkers experiencing
hunger or food insecurity
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. 1. For purposes of this act, "regional food hub" shall mean
2 a business or organization that actively manages the aggregation,
3 distribution, and marketing of source-identified food products primarily
4 from local and regional producers to strengthen their ability to satisfy
5 wholesale, retail, and institutional demand.
6 2. $25,000,000 of monies that have been allocated to the state of New
7 York by the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
8 (CARES) Act of 2020 (P.L. 116-136), or any future federal stimulus fund-
9 ing, that have not otherwise been obligated, shall be allocated to a
10 state program or initiative already in existence or established after
11 the effective date of this act, that provides funding to food banks,
12 emergency food providers, or other participating entities within the
13 state to purchase food products from New York farmers and processors for
14 distribution to New Yorkers experiencing hunger or food insecurity.
15 3. Such program or initiative shall, to the extent practicable, prior-
16 itize the sourcing of food products from producers, processors, and
17 regional food hubs within the same geographic region as the food banks,
18 emergency food providers, or other entities participating in such
19 program or initiative.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16595-01-0
