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Temporary Emergency Food Delivery Program

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Rule status: Adopted

Agency: DOT

Effective date: September 21, 2020

Proposed Rule Full Text
DOT-Proposed-Emergency-Food-Program.pdf

Adopted Rule Full Text
DOT-Food-Delivery-Exemptions-1.pdf

Adopted rule summary:

The New York City Office of Emergency Management (“NYCEM”) adopted an emergency rule establishing a temporary emergency food delivery program to ensure that certain vulnerable New Yorkers facing food insecurity as a result of the COVID-19 public health emergency have adequate access to food. The program aims to feed New Yorkers facing food insecurity during the COVID-19 health emergency by paying drivers designated by NYCEM to deliver free meals to program participants.

On May 22, 2020 DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg and Mayor Bill de Blasio promulgated a rule on an emergency basis amending section 4-08(a) of Title 34 of the Rules of the City of New York so that drivers and vehicles delivering free meals to participants in the NYCEM temporary emergency food delivery program are exempt from parking and standing rules for a period of up to 20 minutes. The DOT emergency rule was published in the City Record on June 1, 2020.

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Online comments: 2

  • Greg Silverman

    Attached is testimony from Chef Greg Silverman, Executive Director of West Side Campaign Against Hunger

    Comment added August 24, 2020 4:30pm

  • Diamond K Hayes

    Diamond Hayes additional email: [email protected]; needed you to get in touch with me as soon as possible that is my comment on the emergency food base immediately. Plus personal needs for females: Diamond Hayes Maybe housing I’m waiting on housing: currently living with my real husband. Housing through Bronx New York. Can get paper work and pregnant

    Comment added August 3, 2024 3:39pm