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Grocery Deserts and Legislative Hope | Buffalo News
Rep. Tim Kennedy is pushing bold new federal legislation to fight food deserts, sparked by the closure of a Save A Lot on Buffalo’s East Side — leaving residents, especially those without cars, scrambling for fresh, affordable groceries. This isn’t an outlier; it’s part of a growing crisis across Western New York, where shuttered stores are eroding access to basic necessities. Kennedy’s three-pronged bill package would fund new grocery stores in underserved areas, offer tax breaks to food banks and mobile markets, and revive a federal program to lure fresh food retailers back into struggling…
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