(QNS) State Senators Jessica Ramos and Joseph Addabbo are sponsoring a bill that would ensure lunch options for Jewish and Muslim public school students.
The bill was introduced in 2020 after a city program with similar intentions was delayed. Ramos thought it only made sense to bring this bill to the state level.
Navneet Kaur, a Queens native, wrote a statement for the Community Board 5 meeting last week to advocate for this bill and drum up support around the city. Kaur grew up vegetarian and came from a “financially unsettled immigrant family.”
“Having a hot meal for school every day was not a guaranteed possibility,” Kaur said. “Growing up, I often experienced emotional stress, embarrassment and abandonment by the school system and in the cafeteria.”
