On Sunday May 22 New York Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency in the midst of a nationwide baby formula shortage. According to a statement from his office, the mayor signed the emergency executive order which will give the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to prevent price gouging for formula. “This emergency executive order will help us to crack down on any retailer looking to capitalize on this crisis by jacking up prices on this essential good,” Adams said in his statement on Sunday.
Tag: Baby Formula Shortage
New York Mayor Claims State of
Baby Formula Shortage: What you can Feed your
Baby Instead
With the increase of baby formula shortage, desperate parents are resorting to desperate measures to feed their babies. A big portion of the media is also not helping the situation by putting wrong matters at the center of the discussion, as is the example of the discussion: are immigrant babies to blame for American babies not getting their formula?