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Full Episode: Food Insecurity in the State, Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas, Natasha Pernicka

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Full Episode: Food Insecurity in New York, Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas, Natasha Pernicka

On this Week's Edition

Catch this week's show on your local PBS member station, or watch on YouTube, Facebook, or using the free PBS app anytime after Friday. A podcast version is available wherever you normally get podcasts. 

On This Week's Edition of New York NOW:

  • Food insecurity continues to impact households across New York. What can the state do to address the issue?
  • Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas (D-Queens County) is pushing a bill that would allow the state to provide additional SNAP monthly benefit funds to households.
  • Natasha Pernicka, executive director of The Food Pantries for the Capital District and The Alliance for a Hunger Free NY, discusses the calls on the state to increase funding to community food programs in New York.