Governor Hochul Visits School Lunchroom To Highlight 2025 State of the State Affordability Agenda

March 20, 2025 — Governor Kathy Hochul today stood with elected officials at Albany City School District’s Eagle Point Elementary School to recommit to her 2025 State of the State proposal to ensure every single one of New York’s over 2.7 million students can receive breakfast and lunch for free at school. This monumental program will build on federal support to help save parents money, address food insecurity among New York kids, and create more opportunities for students to succeed. Today’s visit comes as the federal government continues its efforts to slash vital food assistance programs — including attempting to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, threatening cuts to the Community Eligibility Provision in the National School Lunch program and eliminating over $1 billion in federal funding to help bring local food to schools and food banks.