State Sen. Michelle Hinchey (D-Kingston), Assemblyman Demond Meeks (D-Rochester), Sen. George Borrello (R-Sunset Bay) and Assemblyman Angelo Morinello (R-Niagara Falls), along with Field & Fork Network, the American Heart Association, Tops Friendly Markets, and other supporting organizations, are calling on the State Legislature to continue funding Double Up Food Bucks NY with a $2 million appropriation in the fiscal year 2025 New York state budget.
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Assembly Democrats approved the bill on Tuesday with just days to go until the final scheduled day of the 2023 legislative session after the state Senate passed it last month.
School kids dumped empty lunch trays outside Gov. Kathy Hochul's office at the Capitol on Tuesday in protest of her effort to block free school meals for all public-school students in the state.
Under a bill introduced late Monday, members of the New York State Assembly and Senate would make $142,000 annually starting next year, a $32,000 bump in pay.