June 10th, 2009 By Nevin Cohen
On Monday, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer released a proposal to require government agencies and developers in NYC to assess the impacts of their projects on the food system and to mitigate anticipated negative effects, whenever environmental assessments and environmental impact statements (EISs) are prepared. Read More
November 20th, 2008 By Paula Crossfield
Yesterday at Columbia University, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer hosted a conference entitled “The Politics of Food,” which he called New York’s next policy challenge. Stringer is known for his work paving the way for better health in East Harlem, and for the Go Green East Harlem Cookbook, a bilingual guide that is available free of cost to East Harlem residents. Sounding like Michael Pollan, he recognized that so many issues, from health, to energy, to environment all dealt with food in some way. So it was his goal, he said, to create a Food Charter for New York, based on community-oriented plans brought to scale. Read More