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Residents urge council to back state food-security funding; council agrees to send support
Summary
Three residents testified about rising local food insecurity during the Feb. 10 Schenectady City Council meeting and urged stronger local action and state funding. The council read a resolution supporting the Schenectady County Food Council's FY2026 budget requests and discussed sending it to state representatives.
Three Schenectady-area residents spoke during the Feb. 10 public-comment period about food insecurity and asked the City Council to press state lawmakers for more funding.
Mitzi Matlick, identified by the clerk as a public speaker signed up for the legislative agenda, described moving to Schenectady to pursue a small farm and urged the council to "start a dialogue" about what more the city can do to protect local food supplies as federal policy shifts threaten funding. Matlick said, "We cannot keep up the status quo anymore," and asked, "what more can the city of Schenectady do to combat the chaos while our executive branch is threatening our local funding for food?"
Darlene Geloso, a 66-year-old…
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