Sentences with phrase «nation for paid family leave»
In further indication of the growing hunger in New York and across the nation for paid family leave, the State Assembly again passed the Paid Family Leave Act on Tuesday in Albany.
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«The Independent Democratic Conference delivers for New Yorkers: the best paid family leave program in the nation, a $ 15 minimum wage, and the toughest gun laws in the country,» Hamilton said in a statement issued Monday afternoon.
But Cuomo has been making (another) leftward lean of late, championing key WFP issues like a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage and Paid Family Leave, leading party leaders to take some credit for their role in pushing the Democrats — not just in New York, but across the nation — to the left.
The legislative session delivered a one - two punch for Cuomo's legacy the passage of what was billed as an increase of the minimum wage to $ 15 and what is still hailed as the strongest paid family leave bill in the nation.
We are responsible for paid family leave, the best program in the nation.
From legislation that allows union dues to be deducted from state taxes to the Fight for 15 to funding for the Murphy Institute School of Labor, to the nation's strongest paid family leave program, Governor Cuomo has proven, in his two terms, to be the most effective Governor this state has had, and is moving New York forward.»
The day Nixon actually announced her candidacy, he released a statement that put front and center his liberal accomplishments, which read like a progressive wish list: «Governor Cuomo has delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country, including passing marriage equality, the strongest gun safety law in the nation, a $ 15 minimum wage, free college tuition, paid family leave, record setting funding for public education, expanding and protecting healthcare for our most vulnerable, and banning fracking.»
«It's once again New York leading way, the way we did on raising minimum wage, the way we did on paid family leave, the way we did on passing marriage equality, the way we did on gun safety and it should be a wakeup call to this nation to say if you really want to be competitive globally, we have to have the best educated workforce and that means we have to have college for every child, man or woman, who wants to attend.»
«Governor Cuomo passed a $ 15 minimum wage, the strongest paid family leave program and gun control laws in the nation, banned fracking, raised the age of criminal responsibility, and enacted the first - ever free college tuition program for middle class families.
«Governor Cuomo has delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country, including passing marriage equality, the strongest gun safety law in the nation, a $ 15 minimum wage, free college tuition, paid family leave, record setting funding for public education, expanding and protecting healthcare for our most vulnerable, and banning fracking,» the spokesman said.
According to the Mahama family, the former President has paid his dues to the National Democratic Congress and the nation to the best of his ability, and it was time he leaves the stage for others to take over.
«Andrew Cuomo appeals to progressive liberals, left - leaning voters, and when he campaigns for their support he is going to be talking about marriage equality, paid family leave, the SAFE (gun regulation) Act, and clean energy standards that could [be] the toughest in the nation.
But now with major attention from media, elected officials, and advocates across the nation focused on whether New York will become the fourth state to pass a paid family leave bill, Cuomo is whipping up support for his plan.
The state's new paid family leave plan, the most comprehensive program of its type in the nation, will provide employees with up to 12 weeks of paid leave to care for an infant, a family member with a serious health condition or to relieve family pressures when someone is called to active military service.
«We have had record progress in this state: $ 15 minimum wage, paid family leave, more money for education than ever before, best breast cancer program in the nation, best heroin program in the nation.
As BBA has long emphasized, bringing our nation into line with our Western peers in terms of such basic family supports as paid parental leave, accessible high - quality child care, and pre-k that is available to all children, not only those lucky enough to have parents who can pay for it, would go a long way toward leveling the academic playing field, not to mention boosting the economy in numerous ways.