He pointed to the state's moratorium on fracking, the increase in the minimum wage increases and
establishment of a paid family leave program as initiatives that grew out of the Green Party's agenda.
Among them: the legalization
of same - sex marriage, passage
of the SAFE Act gun control law, enactment
of a $ 15 hourly minimum wage, creation
of a statewide
paid family leave program and the
establishment of a free tuition program for some public college students.