May 4, 2017
At an executive budget hearing, Council Members Stephen Levin and Barry Grodenchik presented a letter on behalf of the entire City Council urging the administration to include $22 million in baselined funding for the Emergency Food Assistance Program (EFAP) in the Fiscal Year 2018 budget.
The letter echoed a call made by Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito to raise EFAP funding from $8 million to $22 million. The funding was described as supporting over one million vulnerable New Yorkers who rely on food pantries and soup kitchens.
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