Empowering to see students unite and advocate for #Meals4AllNY .

Every child deserves access to healthy, nutritious school meals. Let’s get it done. #NYBudget

#FreeSchoolMeals4All would reduce hunger, improve academic & health outcomes for kids, and make NY more affordable for families. Join the #Meals4AllNY coalition & other advocates in the call for full funding of free school meals for all students in the state budget.

Healthy School Meals for All would reduce hunger, improve academic and health outcomes for kids, and make NY more affordable for families. That’s why we joined the #Meals4AllNY coalition today to call for full funding of free school meals for all students in the state budget.

New Yorkers are leaving our state and in a recent Siena poll they cited the cost of living as their #1 issue. Listen to this #HealthySchoolMealsForAll Initiative podcast episode as an advocate recounts a mother stressing why #Meals4AllNY is important to keep them here.

Idk about y’all but I’m with them.

Our budget can choose austerity or New Yorkers. We should adopt these proposals (2 of which are mine) to fight poverty and make our state affordable and livable for working class people #Meals4AllNY #KeepKidsCovered

The #Meals4AllNY Coalition joined Assemblymembers today at the Capitol to mark an incredible milestone: 100+ co-sponsors—from both sides of the aisle—of the Assembly bill for universal school meals. With this strong, bipartisan support, it's time to fully fund universal meals.

Providing free school meals for ALL students is critical to reducing food insecurity in NY, particularly in rural schools that aren’t eligible for current free meal programs. Governor Kathy Hochul, don’t leave students behind, fully fund Healthy School Meals for All! #Meals4AllNY

We NYSUT are working hard to ensure every student in New York has access to free, healthy meals. Alongside our partners in the #Meals4AllNY coalition, we are renewing our commitment to a future where students can focus on learning, not hunger.

Instead of trapping kids in school meal debt, NY should join states around the nation in guaranteeing healthy school meals for all.

Students who rallied at the Capitol last week said it best. Governor Kathy Hochul #Meals4AllNY

After federal funding ended for universal school meals, many children are facing a hunger crisis, and families are struggling with school meal debt.

Governor Kathy Hochul, we must fully fund Healthy School #Meals4AllNY .

Celebrating NY's strides in free school meals, but 320K students in 650+ schools are still left behind. Joined #Meals4AllNY today to push for full funding in this year's state budget. No child should go hungry. #NYBudget2024 #FoodEquity

Our neighbors in CT, VT, & MA have funded universal school meals. It’s time for New York to catch up. We need Healthy School Meals for All NY Kids! #Meals4AllNY

Today, I joined our #Meals4AllNY coalition, including NYSUT, New York Farm Bureau, labor leaders, students, & teachers, to call for full funding of Healthy School Meals. We’ll keep fighting until every NY student is guaranteed free breakfast & lunch as part of their school day. 🍎📚

Today, NYSUT leaders, including President Melinda Person 🍎✌🌈, joined activists, legislators and community members to renew our commitment to the #Meals4AllNY campaign for universal school meals.

I'm committed to ensuring that every student in NY has access to free breakfast & lunch during their school day. Today, along with #Meals4AllNY , NYSUT, New York Farm Bureau, labor leaders, students, & teachers, I advocated for full funding of Healthy School Meals in our FY25 budget.

NY has made great strides in expanding access to free school meals - which reduces hunger and improves academic and health outcomes - but about 320K students in more than 650 schools have been left behind. It’s time for NY to close the gap in access to school meals. #Meals4AllNY

Healthy School Meals for All tackles food insecurity head on, helping students thrive and increasing equity in schools. This School Breakfast Week, we’re calling on our leaders in Albany to fund this critical policy. #Meals4AllNY #NSBW23 Governor Kathy Hochul

One step closer to #Meals4AllNY . So grateful for the coalition and advocates that have gotten us this far. Let's get it done and feed our kids in schools y’all.

This National School Breakfast Week, we joined Assembly colleagues @ the Capitol to highlight our bipartisan support for universal school meals. Governor Kathy Hochul Sen. Stewart-Cousins & Carl E. Heastie, no child should go hungry at school. It's time to fully fund #Meals4AllNY !

Too many school children are choosing to go hungry rather than admit to classmates they qualify for free school meals. Healthy #SchoolMeals4All removes the stigma so every student can thrive. #Meals4AllNY SchoolMealsForAllNY.org