New York S 9669: Establishes the food price equity task force

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S09669 Summary:

BILL NOS09669 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10332

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SPONSORWEBB

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Establishes the food price equity task force to study racialized food pricing disparities.

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BILL NOS09669 

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04/01/2026REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9669

 IN SENATE

 April 1, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture

 AN ACT establishing the food price equity task force

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. 1. There is hereby created a task force on food price equi-
 2 ty with the purpose of studying racialized food pricing disparities.
 3 2. The task force shall consist of nineteen members appointed as
 4 follows:
 5 a. one member appointed by the department of agriculture and markets;
 6 b. one member appointed by the department of state's division of
 7 consumer protection;
 8 c. one member appointed by the department of health;
 9 d. one member appointed by the attorney general's office;
 10 e. three members appointed by the governor;
 11 f. three members appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
 12 g. three members appointed by the temporary president of the senate;
 13 h. one member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly;
 14 i. one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate; and
 15 j. four members appointed by the other task force members that
 16 specialize in food policy and consumer protection.
 17 3. It shall be the duty of the task force to study and issue recommen-
 18 dations related to food price equity by, including, but not limited to,
 19 requesting anonymized retailer pricing data, conducting surveys and
 20 audits, holding public hearings, and receiving community testimony. The
 21 task force shall review and make recommendations on:
 22 a. price disparities between low-income communities and their nearest
 23 affluent communities;
 24 b. whether disparities persist after controlling wholesale, labor,
 25 rent, and distribution costs;
 26 c. the relationship between benefit reimbursement timelines and retail
 27 pricing;
 28 d. racial and geographic impacts on food pricing disparities;
 29 e. public health outcomes associated with inflated food costs; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14762-01-6

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 1 f. the effectiveness of captive-market protections.
 2 4. Vacancies in membership of the task force shall be filled in the
 3 same manner as the original appointments were made. The members of the
 4 task force shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for
 5 necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
 6 5. The task force shall organize as soon as is practical upon the
 7 appointment of a majority of its members. The chair of the task force
 8 shall be designated by a simple majority vote of all members of the task
 9 force.
 10 6. The department shall provide staff and related support services to
 11 the task force. The task force shall also be entitled to call upon the
 12 services of any state, county, or municipal department, board, commis-
 13 sion or agency, as may be available to it for these purposes, and to
 14 incur such traveling and other miscellaneous expenses as it may deem
 15 necessary for the proper execution of its duties and as may be within
 16 the limit of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it for
 17 these purposes. The task force may meet and hold hearings at such plac-
 18 es as it shall designate.
 19 7. The task force shall create a final report regarding all findings
 20 and recommendations to be delivered no later than eighteen months after
 21 the effective date of this section, to the governor, the temporary pres-
 22 ident of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly. Such report shall
 23 include statutory recommendations, enforcement models and recommenda-
 24 tions on e