SPECTRUM NY 1: No More Chocolate Milk? Adams Says He Will Consider Changes To School Lunches

QUOTE: “In one voice, we talk about fighting childhood obesity, diabetes yet you go into a school building every day and you see the food that feeds our health care crisis,” Mayor Eric Adams said at a news conference at City Hall on Monday.

Adams specifically singled out chocolate milk, which he supported banning in public schools when he was Brooklyn borough president due to its high sugar content.

While he said he does not want to be a “nanny mayor,” he wants students to have different options.

“The children have been calling me and saying they want better food in schools, and I'm going to do the best I can to give them the options of a more healthier diet so we can stop feeding the crisis,” he said.

His comments came as part of the unveiling of his administration’s climate agenda, where he announced key appointments to the leadership team and the creation of the Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice.... 

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