No Kid Hungry New York Director Rachel Sabella on Proposed NYC Budget Cuts
New York, NY – On Friday, Mayor Eric Adams proposed a $60 million baseline budget cut to the Office of Food and Nutrition Services, the department within New York City Public Schools responsible for feeding more than a million students each day. The following is a statement from No Kid Hungry New York Director Rachel Sabella:
“Child hunger is on the rise. Inflation is hurting families’ budgets. Our 2023 No Kid Hungry poll found 2 in 5 New York families experiencing signs of food insecurity. The administration could not pick a worse time to cut $60 million from the baseline school nutrition budget. No-cost, nutritious school meals are one of the very best ways to give families relief and ensure all kids get the nutrition they need to learn and thrive. While we wait for details of what this cut will ultimately mean, we know the Department of Education’s Office of Food and Nutrition Services will continue providing 850,000 reliable, healthy, no-cost school meals each day. We can’t afford to roll back that progress.”
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