In 2011, the New York City Council established reporting requirements for a variety of City agency initiatives related to food Local Law 52 of 2011. The Food Metrics Report provides a snapshot of data from those programs as well as trends over time. The report has expanded every year to include the state of food insecurity and chronic diet-related diseases in NYC, the broad range of programs and initiatives that the City is doing to address food insecurity, improve City food procurement and food service, increase healthy food access and awareness, and support a more sustainable and just food system.
To learn more about these initiatives, take a look at the report: