Int. No. 1680-A
By Council Members Vallone, the Speaker (Council Member Johnson), Kallos, Ayala, Gibson, Lander, Rosenthal, Louis, Adams, Gennaro and Yeger
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting requirements regarding the production, processing, distribution and consumption of food in the city
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Paragraphs 19 and 20 of subdivision a of section 3-120 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 133 for the year 2013, are amended to read as follows:
19. the number of vendors at greenmarkets, farmers' markets and similar markets operated by the council on the environment of New York city or any successor entity, and the average number of vendors at such markets, sorted by borough; [and]
20. for the report due no later than September first, two thousand fourteen, and in every report thereafter, contents of the report on food security as required by subdivision j of section 20 of the charter [.] ;
§ 2. Subdivision a of section 3-120 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 133 for the year 2013, is amended by adding new paragraphs 21, 22, 23, and 24 to read as follows:
21. the number of individuals eligible to receive benefits through the SNAP program who are not enrolled in such program, disaggregated by borough and by age brackets determined by the department of social services/human resources administration;
22. the retailers that are authorized to accept and redeem benefits through the SNAP program, based on publically available data reported by the United States department of agriculture;
23. data relating to the population in each borough experiencing food insecurity, as determined based on the most recent available United States census data; and
24. measures of dietary consumption and long-term diet-related health outcomes, as well as trends in these measures among socioeconomic and racial groups, to the extent that the mayor or an agency designated by the mayor determines such data to be available and practicable to report.
§ 3. Section 3-120 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 52 for the year 2011, is amended by adding new subdivisions a-1 and c to read as follows:
a-1. The report required by subdivision a of this section shall:
1. include any other measures selected by the department of health and mental hygiene relating to nutrition; and
2. express all data in absolute numbers and as a percentage of the relevant population, where available.
c. Definition. For the purposes of this section, the term “SNAP program” means the supplemental nutrition assistance program established pursuant to chapter 51 of title 7 of the United States code.
§ 4. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law.
YJY/ARP/AV
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4/14/21, 8:50pm