Bill > A10332

This bill establishes a nineteen-member Food Price Equity Task Force, comprised of appointees from various state departments, legislative leaders, and experts in food policy and consumer protection, to study and address racialized food pricing disparities, meaning differences in food prices based on race. The task force's duties include collecting retailer pricing data, conducting surveys, holding public hearings, and examining price differences between low-income and affluent communities, the impact of wholesale and operational costs, the connection between benefit reimbursement timelines and pricing, and the public health consequences of inflated food costs. The task force will issue a final report with recommendations for statutory changes and policy improvements within eighteen months of the bill's effective date, after which the legislature will hold hearings and introduce implementing legislation.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A10332