Sentences with phrase «assembly for paid family leave»

Kearns noted he voted with fellow Democrats in the Assembly for paid family leave and hiking the minimum wage, but parts company with the party over abortion.

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In the call, Obama cites the recent budget agreement in Albany that Kaminsky voted for as a sitting member of the Assembly, which included a 12 - week paid family leave program and an increase in the minimum wage targeted for $ 15 in downstate counties.

Assembly Democrats are largely aligned with Cuomo on a $ 15 minimum wage and the effort to create a 12 - week paid family leave program, though they differ on how to pay for it.

«From the very first day of this session, the Assembly Majority promised New Yorkers that we would do everything in our power to deliver a stronger minimum wage and paid family leave benefits for every worker.

The Working Families Party has had a tough time getting many of their key issues, such as paid family and medical leave, across the finish line in the General Assembly but most of the Democrats running for governor this year have come out strongly in favor of those types of progressive policies.

ALBANY — The paid family leave proposal Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled last week isn't exactly what the Democrat - dominated Assembly was looking for, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said Wednesday.

Opponents, speaking on the Assembly floor, did not deny that there's a need for some form of paid family leave.

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«We're now coming into the heat of the negotiating session with the Assembly and the Senate and now we're going to determine whether or not our key legislative proposals actually pass,» Cuomo told listeners, highlighting his push to increase the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour and his proposal for 12 weeks of employee - funded paid family leave.

The Democratic - led Assembly in March approved a version of paid family leave which would expand the temporary disability insurance fund in order to pay for it.

The paid family leave proposal Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled last week isn't exactly what the Democrat - dominated Assembly was looking for, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said.

«The Council is committed to fighting for the diverse needs of the 8.4 million people who call New York City home and I look forward to continuing to work with Governor [Andrew] Cuomo, [Senate] Majority Leader [John] Flanagan, [Assembly] Speaker [Carl] Heastie and state lawmakers to advocate for our top priorities, such as the DREAM Act, a $ 15 minimum wage and paid family leave, and to make sure that New York City gets its fair share.»

Advocates of paid family leave, who have been lobbying on the issue for years, say movement on the matter from the assembly Democrats and Cuomo has given them new hope.

The session finally began in earnest after lunch, even as the Assembly speaker, Carl E. Heastie, a Bronx Democrat, held a celebratory news conference with reporters, promoting victories on increasing the minimum wage, establishing paid family leave for workers and increasing aid to schools.

Assembly Democrats back the minimum wage hike, but they have a slightly different plan for paid family leave.

A measure to allow all workers in the state 12 weeks of paid leave to take care of a new baby or sick family member was approved in the New York State Assembly, and two measures gained support in the New York State Senate, but the issue fell by the wayside in the end of session rush to pass bills and adjourn for the summer.

The Assembly plan would expand the scope of the state Temporary Disability Insurance program to cover paid family leave and would also take contributions from employee paychecks, but would reimburse at a rate of two - thirds of a worker's pay for individuals on leave.

The Assembly, which has passed paid family leave on its own in previous legislative sessions, plans to introduce and pass a bill on Tuesday that would provide new parents or caregivers for sick relatives 12 weeks of paid leave through the state's temporary disability system.

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York state Assembly has again passed a paid family leave bill that would allow workers to take up to 12 weeks of paid time off to care for a new child or a sick loved one.

ALBANY — A tax hike on the rich, minimum wage increases and new government programs to help families pay for child care and family leave are on the Assembly Democrats» agenda for the year, advancing different priorities than Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and potentially setting up a clash on taxes.

The letter, signed by Senators Andrea Stewart - Cousins, Liz Krueger, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and Assemblywomen Addie Russell and Nily Rozic, among others, noted that New York's Democratic majority in the Assembly has passed proposals for paid family leave programs multiple times.

The speaker, addressing reporters at a rally for the Assembly's paid family leave proposal, said now was as good a time as any to raise taxes.