Legislation Details

File #: Int 1766-2019    Version: * Name: Requiring the commissioner of health and mental hygiene to establish a green Monday program for the provision of plant-based food by certain city agencies and in food service establishments.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Health
On agenda: 10/17/2019
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the commissioner of health and mental hygiene to establish a green Monday program for the provision of plant-based food by certain city agencies and in food service establishments, and to educate the public about the benefits of eating plant-based food
Sponsors: Helen K. Rosenthal
Council Member Sponsors: 1
Summary: This bill would require the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to coordinate a Green Monday Program through which certain city agencies would serve only plant-based food on Mondays and any city food service establishment may obtain a Green Monday display certificate by certifying to the Commissioner that the establishment only serves plant-based food on Mondays. The Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene would also be required to work with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection to create educational materials for the general public on the benefits of eating plant-based food.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1766, 2. Int. No. 1766, 3. October 17, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10-17-19, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - October 17, 2019
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12/31/2021*Helen K. Rosenthal City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/17/2019*Helen K. Rosenthal City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/17/2019*Helen K. Rosenthal City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 1766

 

By Council Member Rosenthal

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the commissioner of health and mental hygiene to establish a green Monday program for the provision of plant-based food by certain city agencies and in food service establishments, and to educate the public about the benefits of eating plant-based food

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 17 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 17-199.12 to read as follows:

§ 17-199.12 Green Monday program.

a. Establishment. The commissioner shall establish a green Monday program for the purpose of promoting the benefits of eating plant-based food. The program shall include the elements described in subdivisions b and c and section 17-1507.

b. Requirement to serve plant-based food. 1. As part of the green Monday program established under subdivision a, no city agency that serves food as part of a public program shall serve on a Monday food other than plant-based food.

2. For purposes of this section:

City agency. The term “city agency” means an agency established by the charter and any other agency designated by the mayor.

Plant-based food.  The term “plant-based food” means food that is not derived from animal products.

c. Education. 1. The commissioner shall create posters and fact sheets about the green Monday program to educate individuals in the city about the benefits of eating plant-based food.

2. In carrying out paragraph 1, the commissioner shall work with the commissioner of environmental protection and request input from the Green Monday US organization to develop posters and fact sheets on the benefits of eating plant-based food. Such posters and fact sheets shall be printed in the designated citywide languages described in section 23-1101 and any other language determined by the commissioner.

d. Cooperation of other agencies.  Any city agency shall cooperate in carrying out the green Monday program under this section upon the request of the commissioner.

§ 2. Chapter 15 of title 17 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 17-1507 to read as follows:

§ 17-1507 Green Monday certification.

a. Participation in green Monday program.  The commissioner shall establish and implement a system under which a food service establishment may participate in the green Monday program established under section 17-199.12.

b. Certificate.  The system established pursuant to subdivision a shall provide that if a food service establishment submits to the commissioner a certification that the establishment serves only plant-based food each Monday, the commissioner shall provide to the food service establishment a certificate for display that the food service establishment participates in the green Monday program.

c. Definition.  For purposes of this section, the term “plant-based food” means food that is not derived from animal products.

d. Cooperation of other agencies.  Any city agency shall cooperate in carrying out this section upon the request of the commissioner.

§ 3. This local law takes effect immediately.    

 

 

 

JB

LS #9547

July 31, 2019