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NYC Proposes More Fruit & Vegetable
Carts Veterans to be given special consideration for
Green Carts
The NYC Green Cart for Fruit & Vegetables
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
PR- 467-07
December 18, 2007 MAYOR BLOOMBERG AND SPEAKER QUINN
ANNOUNCE GREEN CART LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO FRESH FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH GREATEST NEED Program to Phase in Fifteen
Hundred Vendors Over Two Years into Neighborhoods with Low Consumption
and Limited Access to Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
New Food Policy Task Force Partnership with the Food Trust and Food Bank
for New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Speaker
Christine C. Quinn today proposed legislation that would increase the
number of food carts that sell fresh fruits and vegetables only. The
carts will be located in neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs
where access to fresh fruit and vegetables is limited. The Green Cart
proposal, recommended by the Food Policy Task Force, calls for 1,500
permits to be phased in over two years, and requires vendors to operate
in designated neighborhoods where consumption of fruits and vegetables
is low. The Mayor and Speaker were joined by Deputy Mayor for Health and
Human Services Linda Gibbs; Health Department Commissioner
Thomas Frieden; New York City Food Policy Coordinator Benjamin Thomases;
Food Bank for New York City President Lucy Cabrera; Bedford Stuyvesant
Family Health Care Center President Ulysses Kilgore; and Citizens'
Committee for Children of New York Executive Director Jennifer March-Joly.
"Access to healthy foods varies widely throughout New York City,
and in many lower-income neighborhoods, supermarkets are few and far
between. There is demand for fruits and vegetables in these
neighborhoods, and this regulatory change will enable the market to meet
that demand," said Mayor Bloomberg. "The Green Cart
legislation will also provide opportunities for vendors to make a living
selling fresh fruits and vegetables in communities where healthy food
can be difficult to find."
Cart permits will be issued for vendors in specific areas throughout
the five boroughs where fruit and vegetable consumption is low. The
allocations for designated areas within each borough, to be phased in
over two years, are as follows: Bronx and Brooklyn will each get 500
permits; Queens will receive 250 permits; Manhattan will have 200, and
Staten Island will receive 50 permits.
"The only way we'll ever put a dent in the dual problems of
malnutrition and obesity is to increase access to healthy food,"
said Speaker Christine C. Quinn. "The Council has taken major steps
to improve access to nutritious food, and with this legislation, we'll
take another bold effort towards becoming a healthier and more equitable
city."
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