Climate and Universal School Meals at Capitol

Wednesday January 22 was a busy day at the state Capitol. We primarily covered the New York Renews Rally, which had more than 300 people to push the Governor and State Legislators to increase funding for climate action, starting with implementing the Governor’s proposal for a cap-and-invest program. Unfortunately, she recently announced that the already delayed regulations for the program will be postponed for another year. We also caught up with anti-hunger advocates who were praising Governor Hochul for proposing universal school meals for all children in her state budget. We first hear from Stephen Edel, Executive Director of NY Renews and then Liz Accles, head of Community Food Advocates. We finish wilh Randall Sorcher of All our Energy and Michael Richardson of Third Act Upstate.