Press Conference Today

Here's the details for the Press Conference that will happen today at 1 p.m. on the steps of City Hall, co-sponsored by UFCW Local 1500 and the Neighborhood Retail Alliance

Press Release

Business, Labor, Community and Food Advocates Unite to Promote Supermarket Retention and Protest Higher Grocery Prices Where: City Hall Steps When: 1:00 PM Date: May, 28, 2008

Today on the steps of City Hall at 1:00 PM, a city wide coalition of business, labor, community groups and food advocates, will join with a wide range of elected officials in a call for action on behalf of supermarket preservation. The call for action is stimulated by the fact that, according to a City Planning report, New York has lost over 1/3 of its supermarkets over the past five years. Community residents from many of the impacted neighborhoods that have, or will be, losing markets, will be present to dramatize just what kind of hardship is created when the local supermarket disappears.

Scheduled to appear at tomorrow's press conference, co-sponsored by UFCW Local 1500 and the Neighborhood Retail Alliance, are Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, Congressman Anthony Weiner and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. In addition, council members scheduled to join us will be Anabel Palma, Jimmy Vacca, Eric Gioia, Tish James, Vinnie Gentile, Hiram Monseratte, Melissa Mark-Viterito and Charles Barron. Also, Joel Berg from the NYC Coalition against Hunger and Triada Stampas from the Food Bank will highlight the issue of rising food prices and the need for greater access to food stamps.