All NYS Campaigns
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Predatory Marketing Prevention Act (PMPA)
Protects children from junk food companies targeting them with false or misleading advertisements.
Senate: S397
Sponsor: Myrie
Co-Sponsors: Bailey, Brouk, Cleare, Comrie, Fahy, Hoylman-Sigal, Kavanagh, May, Ramos, Sepúlveda, Skoufis, Webb
Assembly: A2584
Sponsor: Reyes
Co-Sponsors: Kelles, Epstein, Jackson, Tapia, Santabarbara, Taylor, Simone, Rosenthal, Raga, Simon, Gonzalez-Rojas, Meeks, Burdick, Torres, Alvarez, Steck, Shimsky, Schiavoni, Buttenschon
Fact sheets and other informational resources
- Fact sheet: Food Marketing to Kids [Center for Science in the Public Interest]
- Fact sheet: Digital Food and Beverage Marketing to Kids [Center for Science in the Public Interest]
- Webpage: New York State Predatory Food Marketing Campaign [Center for Science in the Public Interest]
- Report: Targeted Marketing [UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health]
- Report: Big Food, Big Tech, and the Global Childhood Obesity Pandemic [Center for Digital Democracy]
- Report: Evidence-Based Recommendations to Mitigate Harms from Digital Food Marketing to Children Ages 2-17 [Healthy Eating Research (HER)]
PMPA sign-on support links
- Organizational sign-on form (this campaign only)
- Medical/health professional sign-on (this campaign only)
Excessive Sodium Warning Labels in NYS Chain Restaurants
Requires warning labels for chain restaurant menu items with more than a day's worth (2,300mg) of sodium.
Senate: S428
Sponsor: Rivera
Co-Sponsors: Jackson, Kavanagh, Liu, Sepúlveda
Assembly: A5207
Sponsor: Reyes
Co-Sponsors: Anderson, Gonzalez-Rojas, Rosenthal, Meeks, Torres, Alvarez, Simon
Fact sheets and other informational resources
- Fact sheet: The Salty Truth About Sodium [Center for Science in the Public Interest]
- Nutrient Warnings Toolkit [Center for Science in the Public Interest]
- Website: New York State Nutrient Warning Label Campaigns
- Infographic: Effects of Excess Sodium [American Heart Association]
Sodium warning sign-on support links
- Organizational sign-on form (this campaign only)
- Medical/health professional sign-on (this campaign only)
Sweet Truth - Added Sugar Warning Labels in NYS Chain Restaurants
Requires warning labels for chain restaurant menu items with more than a day's worth (50g) of added sugars.
Senate: S427
Sponsor: Rivera
Co-Sponsors: Brouk, Kavanagh, Sepúlveda
Assembly: A5305
Sponsor: Reyes
Co-Sponsors: Kelles, Hevesi, Raga, Gonzalez-Rojas, Rosenthal, Meeks
Fact sheets and other informational resources
- Fact sheet: The Sweet Truth About Added Sugars [Center for Science in the Public Interest]
- Nutrient Warnings Toolkit [Center for Science in the Public Interest]
- Website: New York State Nutrient Warning Label Campaigns
- How Much Sugar Is Too Much? [American Heart Association]
Added sugars warning sign-on support links
- Organizational sign-on form (this campaign only)
- Medical/health professional sign-on (this campaign only)
NY Food Safety and Chemical Disclosure Act
Establishes transparency requirements for the reporting of GRAS (generally recognized as safe) substances, and also prohibits the use of certain chemical additives in NYS.
Senate: S1239E
Sponsor: Kavanagh
Co-Sponsors: Sepúlveda, Cleare, Fahy, Fernandez, Gonzalez, Hoylman-Sigal, Jackson, May, Myrie, Oberacker, Rhoads, Ryan, Scarcella-Spanton, Weber, Weik
Assembly: A1556E
Sponsor: Kelles
Co-Sponsors: Angelino, Burroughs, P. Carroll, Clark, Colton, Cruz, De Los Santos, Dinowitz, Epstein, Gallagher, Gibbs, Glick, Hevesi, Jackson, Kay, Lee, Levenberg, Lunsford, Norber, Paulin, Raga, Reyes, Rosenthal, Sayegh, Schiavoni, Seawright,
Shimsky, Simon, Slater, Steck, Stirpe, Tague, Tapia, Torres
Fact sheets and other informational resources
- Fact sheet: Protect New Yorkers from FDA’s Failure: Ban Unsafe Food Additives [Center for Science in the Public Interest]
- Fact sheet: Unraveling FDA’s Dangerous Secret: Toward Better Regulation of Food Chemical Safety [Center for Science in the Public Interest]
- Infographic: How Do New Substances Enter the US Food Supply? [Center for Science in the Public Interest]
- Consumer Guide: EWG’s Dirty Dozen Guide to Food Chemicals: The Top 12 to Avoid [Environmental Working Group]
- FDA moves to eliminate carcinogenic Red 3 from foods [Center for Science in the Public Interest]
Food Safety and Chemical Disclosure Act sign-on support links
Prohibiting Synthetic Additives in School Foods
Prohibits the sale of foods containing synthetic color additives in schools except under certain circumstances off and away from the premises or on premises at least a half hour after the end of the school day.
Senate: S3214A
Sponsor: Kavanagh
Co-Sponsors: Cleare, Fernandez, Sepúlveda
Assembly: A8707
Sponsor: Kelles
Co-Sponsors: Angelino, Burroughs, P. Carroll, Clark, Colton, Cruz, De Los Santos, Dinowitz, Epstein, Gallagher, Gibbs, Glick, Hevesi, Jackson, Kay, Lee, Levenberg, Lunsford, Norber, Paulin, Raga, Reyes, Rosenthal, Sayegh, Schiavoni, Seawright,
Shimsky, Simon, Slater, Steck, Stirpe, Tague, Tapia, Torres
Big Apple Kids' Meal Campaign [Int 0641-2024] NYC only
(improved nutrition standards for restaurant kids' meals)
Fact sheets and other informational resources
- Fact sheet: Why New Yorkers Should Support Int 0641 [Big Apple Kids' Meal Coalition]
- Fact sheet: NYC Polling In Support of Kids' Meal Bill [Center for Science in the Public Interest]
- Fact sheet: Overall Value of Nutrition Standards for Kids Meals [Center for Science in the Public Interest]
- How One New York City Council Member Is Paving The Way for Healthier Kids Meals in Restaurants [American Heart Association]
Sign-on support links
- Organization sign-on form
- NYC Residents: Tell New York City Council: We Want Healthier Options for Kids at Restaurants
- Spanish: Dígale al Ayuntamiento de NYC: Queremos opciones mas saludables para los niños en los restaurantes
- French: Faites savoir à la mairie de New York que vous voulez des repas sains pour les enfants
- Korean: 뉴욕시의회에 호소합니다: 우리는 식당이용시 어린이들을 위한 보다 건강한 선택을 하기를 바랍랍니다
- Bangla: নিউ ইয়র্ক সিটি কাউন্সিলকে বলুন: নিউ ইয়র্ক সিটি কাউন্সিলকে বলুন
- Chinese: 告诉纽约市议会议员：我们希望孩子们在餐馆有更健康的食物选择
- Report: NOURISHING Food Policy Framework [World Cancer Research Fund International]
- Report: State of Obesity 2024: Better Policies for a Healthier America [Trust for America's Health