The discretionary budget of the NYC Council, also known as Schedule C, funds non-profit services, including many initiatives operated by members of the Food Ed Coalition. This funding is a key safety net for food education organizations, which are needed now more than ever as COVID-19 worsens food inequities in NYC.

To understand how much discretionary funding went to different food-related initiatives, the Tisch Food Center analyzed the Schedule C documents for 2020 and 2021 at the time of adoption. We determined total funding and median funding for the following types of food initiatives: emergency food, food benefits/farm boxes, nutrition education, medically-tailored meals, senior meals, farmers markets, and urban farms/community gardens. We also searched through Schedule C to determine how much money was approved for these initiatives by each council member.

Click the link to access the policy brief on NYC Council Discretionary Investment in Food-Related Initiatives.