Sentences with phrase «of his paid family leave bill»

In the twilight hours of Albany budget negotiations, legislators are hashing out the specifics of a paid family leave bill that would offer New Yorkers time off to care for new or ailing loved ones.

Soon after speaking with Gotham Gazette, Klein introduced a new version of his paid family leave bill to the state Senate.

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But a program about my area this week on BBC Wales showed the utter devastation in my area of families living on what is now well below poverty levels, one chap said after he pays his bills electric gas water he is left with ten pound a week to buy food, and thats not unusual around me.

Former President Bill Clinton praised Cuomo's push for the federal government to help Puerto Rico and the work the state has done there, upstate economic development, as well as the passage of paid - family leave and the legalization of same - sex marriage in 2011.

The proposed bill, agreed to by the mayor and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Vivertio but not yet introduced or passed in the council, will expand the size of businesses required to provide paid sick leave from 15 or more employees to 5 or more employees, accelerate it's applicability so that all covered businesses must comply by April 1, 2014 (businesses with 15 - 20 employees have until April 1, 2015 under the existing law), remove exemptions for manufacturing businesses and remove economic measurements that could have caused a delayed implementation and expand the range of family members that employees can care for during such paid sick leave.

«By moving to a $ 15 statewide minimum wage and enacting the strongest paid family leave policy in the nation, New York is showing the way forward on economic justice,» said Cuomo when he signed the bill in April of 2016.

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.

His support and leadership on labor issues, including the worker safety bill to protect utility workers and his support of paid family leave made a difference in the lives of working people.

Deacon favors a bill in Congress that provides up to 12 weeks of paid leave, the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Leave Act, authored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D -leave, the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Leave Act, authored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D -Leave Insurance Leave Act, authored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D -Leave Act, authored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D - N.Y.

Cuomo credited the labor group with several of his recent legislative successes, such as a bill that increases the minimum wage to $ 15 in New York and a paid family leave program.

State Sen. Jeff Klein, the head of the Independent Democratic Conference, introduced a bill offering 12 - weeks of employee - funded paid family leave.

Cuomo earlier this year signed into law a package of bills that he called the Women's Equality Act, but paid family leave was not among them.

President Barack Obama issued a formal statement commending Gov. Andrew Cuomo, after the governor signed a budget bill creating a system of paid family leave and raising the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour in some parts of the state.

Cuomo effectively banned hydrofracking in New York in 2014, rammed through a strict gun control bill within a month of the Sandy Hook massacre, and last year pushed for a system of paid family leave and a $ 15 - per - hour statewide minimum wage.

GOP senators have proven more disciplined, and Cuomo has cut deals with them — pushed by the IDC, and often with Democratic votes — to pass six timely budgets and major progressive bills like minimum wage hikes, a system of paid family leave, legalization of same - sex marriage and strict gun controls.

While signing the bill to increase the state's minimum wage, Cuomo also signed into a law a plan that will require businesses to provide 12 weeks of paid family leave to anyone caring for an infant or a family member with a serious health condition.

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.

Last year he moved a staggered minimum wage increase and a paid family leave bill through the legislature only a few months after he and his staff rebuked the idea of passing both as flights of fancy.

Blue Carreker, head of Citizen Action of NY's paid family leave campaign said that her organization thinks any paid leave bill has to cover all workers and all businesses, provide 12 weeks leave, and increase the rates paid by TDI to bring it into parity with what will be paid by the family leave program.

«At a time when we have serious concerns about what is going on in Washington, DC, Governor Cuomo has proven that you can govern effectively, and advance progressive change in a unifying manner,» said RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum, in a statement at the time, touting Cuomo's progressive accomplishments including the passage of the state's marriage equality bill, paid family leave, and a $ 15 minimum wage, among other things.

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.

Last year, during his re-election campaign, Cuomo said paid family leave would have to wait until after the Legislature passed a 10 - point package of bills known as the Women's Equality Act, which he had made both a centerpiece of his campaign and the scaffolding for a new political party he created to advance passage of the W.E.A.

A competing bill authored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D - N.Y., would provide up to 12 weeks of paid family leave.

Bill Mulrow, chairman of Mr. Cuomo's re-election campaign, also defended the governor's progressive record, pointing to measures like a $ 15 minimum wage, paid family leave, gun control, a ban on fracking and free college tuition at public colleges for the middle class.

THIS was also the approach taken in New Jersey by Bill Baroni, a man of great presence and eloquence who stopped outside the federal courthouse to note that he had taken risks as a Republican by bucking his party to support paid family leave, medical marijuana and marriage equality.

And about 22 workers, thank GOD for my life I am leaving well today a happy mother with three kids, thanks to you Mr.Young Now I can take care of my lovely family, i can now pay my bill.

Typically life insurance is used as income replacement to protect growing families by leaving behind money to pay a mortgage, college tuition, bills, etc. but he hasn't contributed in regards to any of this.

«The Sierra Club today may thank the Bloomberg foundation for an additional $ 30 million to fight affordable energy, but families across the country facing higher utility bills won't be so grateful,» said a statement issued by National Mining Association President Hal Quinn, warning that anti-coal efforts are already «leaving tens of thousands of Americans without jobs and low - income families plus those on fixed incomes with still higher bills to pay.»

There are countless stories of families losing a loved one and left with thousands of dollars in bills and debt that they can't pay for, that's where life insurance comes in.

Before you purchase your life insurance, make sure that the plan is large enough to pay off all of those debts and any bills that you would leave to your family.

If something tragic were to happen to you, and you didn't have life insurance, your family would be left with a mountain of debt and no money to pay for all of those bills and final expenses.

For: In the tragic event of a child's death, a life insurance payout could pay for funeral expenses, family counseling and medical bills and provide money for the family to get by if the parents need to take leave from work.

In the tragic event of a child's death, a life insurance payout could pay for funeral expenses, family counseling and medical bills and provide money for the family to get by if the parents need to take leave from work.

Without this policy, your family will be left with the burden of paying off your estate's bill.

It's one of the only ways that you can guarantee that your family has the money that they need to pay off any bills or debts that you would leave behind.

The first purpose of your life insurance is to help your family pay off any bills that you would leave behind if you passed away.

In the case of terminal illness, you may benefit from an accelerated death benefit rider, which will allow you to access your death benefit and pay medical bills so the task isn't entirely left to your family when you've passed.

The rule of thumb is to begin paying for life insurance well before you need it... while the cost is low and affordable, so you don't leave your family scrambling to finance your medical bills and burial expenses.

If you want to be certain your family is not left with your outstanding bills it would be wise to buy a policy for the duration of time left to pay off the bill or bills.

Your story is very common with full - time parents who left the corporate world to raise their families and now want (or need) to reenter the workforce, and with those who were laid off and were forced to take on a string of lower - paying jobs to pay the bills.

I also dealt with all those pesky things we're accustomed to facing — the doubt and fear of our family about «what's this hobby» and «when will you get a real job», needing to pay my bills, and personally fighting against a debilitating chronic pain disease that frequently left me working from my bathtub with a laptop!