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Council Member Farías raises concerns about halal food certification in shelters
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Council Member Amanda Farías addresses discrepancies between reports of halal food provision in NYC shelters and actual experiences of Muslim shelter residents. She cites media reports highlighting issues with food labeling and mixing of halal and non-halal items.
- References December 2023 hearing where Health and Hospitals claimed to have secured halal food since October 2022
- Mentions CBS and Hellgate reports of Muslim shelter residents complaining about food quality and authenticity
- Questions whether Riviera Catering disclosed their halal certification to H&H or the city
Amanda Farías
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At the December 2023 hearing on shelter food, representatives of health and hospitals responsible for asylum seeker shelters said that they have secured halal food ever since the city first saw large numbers of Muslim asylum seekers from West Africa seeking shelter in October 2022, that it had secured halal food.
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However, as reported by CBS and Hellgate Muslim Muslim shelter residents and volunteers complained about the food they received which was provided by Riviera Catering slash RC Stillwell LLC.
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CBS reported in April of twenty twenty four that the halal options often consisted or consist of conventional shelter meals without any meat to avoid serving non halal items.
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In November 2024, Helgate interviewed shelter residents housed at Creedmoor psychiatric facility who said food labeled as halal seemed not to be.
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Additionally, Helgate reported that food the food vendor Riviera Rivera, sorry, said in paperwork that it mixed halal and non halal items.
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Did Riviera Catering disclose to H and H or the city that they were certified by a third party halal certifying entity?