| Jurisdiction Name: | New York |
| State/Province: | NY |
| Country: | United States |
| Type of Government: | Municipality |
| Population: | 8,175,133 |
| Population Range: | 1 million or more |
| Policy Links: | |
| Policy type: | plan |
| Year: | 2011 |
| GFC Topic: | community food connections, community food production, community food security |
| Keywords: | access, community garden, distribution, farm, farmers market, farmers market expansion at community garden sites, farming, food access, food distribution, food retail, food transport, food waste, food waste reduction, healthy food, healthy food access, healthy food retail, plan update, retail, school, school garden, school gardens, sustainability, sustainability plan, sustainable farming techniques, transport, waste, watershed agricultural council |
| Adopting Government Department(s): | New York City Council |
| Lead Implementing Entity(s): | New York City Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning And Sustainability, New York City Mayor's Office of Recovery and Resiliency |
| Support Entity(s): | n/a |
| Funding Amount: | not available |
| Funding Sources: | not available |
| Policy Outcome(s): | Published pursuant to Local Law 17 of 2008; established food as one of several cross-cutting topics; food policy initiatives are integrated throughout the plan: housing and neighborhoods, parks and public space, brownfields, water supply, transportation, and solid waste; plan established goals and strategies related to healthy food access, healthy food retail, farmers market expansion at community garden sites, school gardens, Watershed Agricultural Council, sustainable farming techniques, food distribution and transport, food waste reduction for food-related businesses. |
| Additional Resources and Information: | Link 1 |
