Jessica Lee, Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York; AjiFanta Marenah, Muslim Community Network; Shen’naque Sean Butler, Shen'naque Sean Butler (all pictured above, and here with Lynn Schulman 舒曼琳)

Thx to Yezebelle and the stellar line-up of youth, faith, & community leaders who made the case that NYC needs this legislation! cc: Center for Science in the Public Interest DeAnna Nara @SarahSorscherDC

The haunting brain science of long Covid statnews.com/2023/02/16/the… via STAT

At today's rally against predatory junk food marketing, I made a solemn, unshakeable, public commitment: When we pass PMPA, I will wear my carrot costume here in the Senate. 🥕🥕🥕 It's the least I can do to help protect us from an industry that's #AllTrickNoTreat.

Let's be clear, LGBTQ+ friends & allies: When health-harming multi-national corporations say they "support" you, it means they will gladly target-market you & take your money. As soon as the going gets rough, they will leave you in the lurch. Movendi International marketingdive.com/news/ab-inbev-…

Started as a carrot, now we're here... I'm so proud that tonight the Senate passed the Predatory Marketing Prevention Act (PMPA)! This bill bans deceptive food product marketing aimed at kids, who are especially vulnerable to ads for unhealthy food. 1/3

I'm so grateful to the coalition that helped carrot this bill over the finish line- Center for Science in the Public Interest, The Campaign Against Hunger, 1199SEIU💫 and many others! And to our Assembly sponsor Karines Reyes, R.N.. Let's get this done! 🥕

We love to see it! Let's keep up the push to pass in the Assembly 👏👏 IPHN #PredatoryMarketing #PMPA #nyleg

What's the big deal with added sugars? In our latest blog post, recent CUNY Grad School of Public Health & Health Policy grad & IPHN collaborative partner @AmandaGottlieb4 presents the facts & shares what NYers can do to help improve the food environment. iphnetwork.org/the_not_so_swe…

One week from today "POISONED: The Dirty Truth About Your Food" will premiere on Netflix and features @SarahSorscherDC, Director of Regulatory Affairs at CSPI. Foodborne illness is a serious problem (as you can see from our post on salmonella earlier) so we're excited to see it.

Stronger school meal nutrition standards can save lives! Read more from a new study published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that looks at the effects of aligning school meals with the recommendations of the 2020–2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S0002-…

An indigenous Canadian from the Cayuga and Mohawk tribes who helped define American music. That’s a helluva story. Thanks, RR. nytimes.com/2023/08/09/art…

“ … if we suddenly kicked out all of the people here, the undocumented, our dairy farms would collapse. We have to come up with a solution.” Suspect this would apply to many NYS farms, as well. propublica.org/article/wiscon…

Added sugars in NYers’ diets are a major contributor to diet-related diseases - like type 2 diabetes & heart disease. Thank you Keith Powers, Lynn Schulman 舒曼琳 & the 36 (!) other Council co-sponsors for requiring chain restaurants to post added sugar warning labels.

“This is not simply a story of individuals making unhealthy lifestyle choices. In India, and much of the world, larger economic and social forces are threatening people’s health and prosperity.” - Andrea Tan #UPF bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Join us on Dec 6, 2023, for Faith in Action: Food Justice, our 41st Rabbi Marshall T Meyer Retreat for Social Justice! Location: TBD-Online conference from 9 am to 2 pm and in-person community engagement from 4 pm to 6 pm. Register at interfaithcenter.salsalabs.org/mmr41registrat…

This week, my colleague NYS Senator Zellnor Y. Myrie 米维 and I led a rally in support of our Predatory Marketing Prevention Act bill! We will always organize against companies deceptively promoting unhealthy foods to kids in NY. Thx Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson for opening up Borough Hall for this event and support!

We're excited to announce our workshop offerings for the Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer Retreat for Social Justice on December 6, 2023. Explore the interconnected facets of food justice and their impact in NYC and beyond Register and find more information at: interfaithcenter.salsalabs.org/mmr41registrat…

Thank you, #MindMangler Henry Lewis Jonathan Sayer for filling my birthday with laughter. An incredibly entertaining show! Gratefully, #PublicHealthSugarAdvocate

The Rev Dr. @liztheo calls out the cruel irony of tens of millions of Americans being thrust out of the national healthcare system “at a moment when healthcare outfits, pharmaceutical companies, and health insurance corporations are making record profits” thenation.com/article/societ…