ALBANY – A Bronx Assemblyman wants to save the cupcake from expulsion from school birthday parties.
Michael Benjamin, a Democrat, is drafting legislation that would make the cupcake the official children’s snack of New York.
The bill is in response to a move by some Long Island districts to ban parents from bringing in cupcakes and other tasty treats to celebrate their kids’ birthdays.
Benjamin said that while even his wife thinks his bill encourages childhood obesity, “it’s a personal pet peeve of mine that everything that brings warm memories, the muffin mullahs want to cut out of our diet.”
“I recognize that there are some overweight children and obesity is a rising problem among some of our children, but it makes no sense that school districts are banning cupcakes parties for little children,” he went on.