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ACTION ALERT

Mayor Bloomberg VETOES Food Stamps Access Bills

Please call, fax and/or write to your City Council Member and urge him or her to OVERRIDE the vetoes.

"The New York City Coalition Against Hunger (NYCCAH), an umbrella group for the city’s more than 1,200 soup kitchens and food pantries, sharply criticized Mayor Michael Bloomberg today for vetoing three bills, recently passed by the City Council, that would ease access to federally-funded food stamp benefits for working families and other hard-to-reach populations." Read Full NYCCAH Press Release

Find City Council Contact Information at:

http://www.nyccouncil.info/constituent/index.cfm

 

 

Thank you to the following FTS Partners who contacted the Mayor in support of the bills:

Cassandra L. Daigle, Coordinator

Feed the Solution Campaign

 

The Venerable Michael S. Kendall, Archdeacon for Mission

Episcopal Diocese of New York

 

The Very Reverend Dr. James A. Kowalski, Dean

The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine

 

Rev. Kevin Bean, Vicar

Rev. J. D. Clarke, Deacon- Director of Community Ministries

Carol Hoidra, Development Associate, Community Ministries

St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church & Community Ministry Program

 

Rev. Earl Kooperkamp, Rector

Janet Dorman, Director of St. Mary’s Emergency Food Program

St. Mary's Episcopal Church & Emergency Food Programs

 

David Shover, Executive Director

Rev. Mark Hummell, Associate Director

Juliet Lowe-Tannis, Development Associate

Episcopal Charities

 

Sally Cummings, Director of Institutional Giving

The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine

 

Brook Pieri, Deputy Executive Director for Programs

Jeff Amber, Executive Director

Yorkville Common Pantry

 

Jackie Mae McKune

Monica Holmes

Cesar A. Yoc

Ann B. Armistead

Napolean Gonzalez

Gloria Sakeuede

Janice Etchison 

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UPDATE 

City Council Restores $670,000 EFAP Funding and Adds an Additional $1.3 MILLION for Hunger and Nutrition Programs!

"The new city budget agreement between the City Council and Mayor Bloomberg provides $2 million more for the Emergency Food Assistance Program (EFAP), the City’s main source of funding for food pantries and soup kitchens, than the budget originally proposed by Mayor Bloomberg.  Not only did the City Council oppose the Mayor’s plan to cut $670,000 from EFAP, they added an additional $1.3 million in funding, bringing the total money added to $2 million." Read Full NYCCAH Press Release


CONTACT INFORMATION:

 

 

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg:

 

City Hall
New York, NY 10007
Phone: 311 (or 212-NEW-YORK outside NYC)
Fax: (212) 788-2460

E-mail:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/mayor.html

 

 

Speaker Gifford Miller:

 

District Office Address:
336 East 73rd Street (Suite C)
New York, New York, 10021

Phone: (212) 535-5554
Fax: (212) 535-6098

Manhattan Office Address:
City Hall
New York, 10007
Phone: (212) 788-7210

 

E-mail:

miller@council.nyc.ny.us

 

Your City Council Member:

http://www.nyccouncil.info/constituent/index.cfm