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Tracking of supermarket sizes and engagement with supermarket providers
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Kate MacKenzie discusses the tracking of supermarket sizes in New York City and plans for increased engagement with supermarket providers. The Department of City Planning maintains a list of supermarket sizes, particularly in relation to the FRESH program requirements.
- DCP maintains a list of supermarket sizes, especially for FRESH program requirements
- There are plans to increase dialogue with supermarket providers in the summer
- The goal is to understand if current zoning and tax incentives are useful for supermarkets
- The city aims to be in deep partnership with supermarket advocates, especially in light of potential federal SNAP program cuts
Gale A. Brewer
0:47:35
And then do you keep track of the number and size of supermarkets in our city?
Kate MacKenzie
0:47:41
DCP main oops.
0:47:44
DCP maintains a list of the the sizes in particular because the current iteration of fresh fresh has such size recommendations and and requirements.
0:47:55
But council member, one of the recommendations that we'll be advancing this summer is a more intentional and engaged dialogue with supermarket providers to understand, to your point, are the current zoning and tax incentives that we have useful?
0:48:13
If not, what would be?
0:48:15
And also, particularly, I just I I feel it's important to mention that with the potential cuts around our federal SNAP program, we really want to be in deep partnership with our supermarket advocates.