food banks

(Airs 04/18/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: We’ll take a look at the current trade war with China and it’s impact on New York, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik wants the U.S. Department of Education to investigate the Saratoga Springs City School District, and cuts at the U.S. Department of Agriculture are impacting food banks across the country and in the Hudson Valley.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill sponsored by Hudson Valley lawmakers to increase food donations to food pantries and similar…

New York state Assemblyman D. Billy Jones was at the regional Joint Council for Economic Opportunity in Plattsburgh today. He’s calling on the USDA to…

New York has received an early holiday gift from its farmers: 9 million pounds of food donated to food banks around the state. The New York Farm Bureau…

After proponents tried for two years, a bill that gives tax credits to farmers who donate produce to food banks has made it to the final New York state…

A coalition of anti-hunger advocates, agricultural groups and environmental organizations are urging New York leaders to create a tax credit for farmers…

A number of elected officials in the Hudson Valley plan to draw attention to national Hunger Action Month by lending a hand Wednesday at local…

Food banks in New York state are urging state officials to increase funding for anti-hunger programs, saying that while donations are down the demand for…

We’re fast approaching the holiday season, and while many are already planning and shopping for their holiday celebrations, others are struggling to…

As the Farm Bill moves through the Senate Agriculture Committee and eventually on to the full Senate, New York U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand leads…