Sentences with phrase «paid family leave proposal»

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.

The state's leading business group is warning that Governor Cuomo's paid family leave proposal will be costly for employers and difficult for them to manage.

A bipartisan Senate committee held a public hearing in March on the possibility and costs associated with a paid family leave proposal that was included in the State Senate's one - house budget and in a separate Assembly proposal.

Last month, Democratic Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins was skeptical of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's initial paid family leave proposal.

Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan and Sen. Joe Adabbo, both Democrats, have also carried a paid family leave proposal, using the state's temporary disability system.

He said he also likes the governor's revised paid family leave proposal, which would phase in a rate of 2/3 of a worker's pay for up to 12 weeks of time off to care for a newborn or sick family member.

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.

Also, AARP members will be meeting with state lawmakers to push for the governor's Paid Family Leave proposal, and will hold a press conference at the Million Dollar Staircase at 10:30 a.m.

The Assembly's one - house budget includes a $ 200 million reserve fund to help health care providers afford an increase in the statewide hourly minimum wage to $ 15, while the Senate's version doesn't address the wage issue at all, but does have a Paid Family Leave proposal.

By contrast, he said his own Paid Family Leave proposal would be a «national, precedent - shattering program.»

The resolution also includes nods to the five - member Independent Democratic Conference, including infrastructure and jobs creation programs as well as a paid family leave proposal.

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.

Advocates are also hopeful that the governor includes a significant paid family leave proposal on Wednesday, and many are watching to see if he unveils a plan for a statewide policy on car - hailing apps, like Uber.

At the same time, the Business Council has «a number of concerns» with Cumoo's paid family leave proposal given its potentially broad reach for all employers.

As POLITICO New York has previously reported, the amendments increase the benefit offered under the governor's paid family leave proposal to the state's lowest paid workers, but keep in place a cap on benefits of just over $ 500 per week.

Senator Liz Krueger (D - Manhattan) asked Senate Finance Committee Chair Cathy Young (R - Olean) for details of the paid family leave proposal, and a new counter terrorism program, that were supposed to be spelled out in the allocation that was before the chamber.

Trump spoke about women and empowerment, and at later sessions took opportunities to promote the administration's expanded childcare tax credit, her paid family leave proposal, and the president's tax plan.

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The proposal in Washington D.C. would provide 16 weeks of paid family leave and would rely solely on employer contributions.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Wednesday panned a Republican - backed proposal for paid family leave, saying the program should not be approved the expense of Social Security.

One of his signature proposals that became law was a statewide paid family leave program which is set to begin in 2018.

The speaker applauded Mr. Cuomo for recently embracing a $ 15 minimum wage and paid family leave, both proposals the governor had previously opposed.

The state Business Council on Friday released new concerns over the proposed increase in the state's minimum wage to $ 15 as well as the proposal for a 12 - week paid family leave program.

The State Assembly approved a one house bill to establish partial paid family leave in New York, as Governor Cuomo signaled he will amend his proposal to provide more money to those who take the leave.

There are also questions around whether Cuomo will include a proposal and dedicated funding for paid family leave, something that de Blasio recently moved on for some city employees and called on the state to pass for all workers.

He also asked lawmakers to consider an eight - point ethics reform proposal, a $ 15 minimum wage and a paid family leave program.

A Cuomo administration official confirms that the new proposal calls for a worker taking family leave to be paid two thirds of their regular salary for up to twelve weeks.

The report suggests moving forward nearly a dozen specific policy proposals by Stefanik and others, including the lawmaker's year - round Pell Grant legislation and a proposal by Rep. John Katko (R - Syracuse) to establish tax - exempt savings accounts to aid in paid family leave.

After his re-election in 2014, Cuomo reinvented himself as a full - throated economic populist, pushing through a minimum wage hike and a paid family leave program, and unveiling massive infrastructure spending plans and a proposal for free public college tuition — though he has been light on details about funding.

The governor's push for both a hike in the minimum wage and paid family leave faces an uphill battle in the Republican - controlled Senate, and business groups argue that both proposals would be burdensome for small business owners.

«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.

But between the minimum wage increase to $ 15 Cuomo is pushing and other ideas like a paid family leave program, «businesses are just going to shrug their shoulders and turn away; there's not going to be rousing applause» for the tax cut proposals, according to NFIB's Mike Durant.

In a Syracuse Post-Standard OpEd, Rep. John Katko talked up his Parental Savings Account proposal as a better paid family leave option for workers and small businesses.

While his administration can claim several major accomplishments from the session, including raising the minimum wage and establishing paid family leave, the scope of Mr. Cuomo's end - of - session wish list seemed somewhat diminished next to the vision he outlined at his State of the State address in January, which included nearly 150 proposals.

The State Assembly approved a one - house bill to establish partial paid family leave in New York, as Governor Andrew Cuomo signaled he will amend his proposal to provide more money to those who take the leave.

Seventeen different groups have now joined Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposal to provide 12 weeks of paid leave to workers in New York who need to time to care of children or family members.

The details of the proposal are also being questioned by Democratic lawmakers in the Legislature, who have their own versions of paid family leave they say is more generous.

State Senator Marc Panepinto, a Buffalo Democrat, urged his Republican colleagues to get behind a proposal that would fund paid family leave in New York State through a modest payroll deduction of less than a dollar per week.

The State Assembly approved a one - house bill to establish partial paid family leave in New York, as Governor Cuomo signaled he will amend his proposal to provide more money to those who take the leave.

Cuomo has not been a vocal proponent of paid family leave in the past, saying just last month that he believed the Legislature had no «appetite» to consider such a proposal this session.

He said the $ 15 minimum wage and paid family leave «are two proposals that will have real tough sledding because they're not the right thing to do.»

In New York, a national coalition of women's advocates has attempted to push paid family leave to the forefront, after Governor Andrew Cuomo said earlier this year he thought lawmakers lacked «the appetite» to consider such a proposal.

Cuomo's office later said his administration is seriously studying the issue, and a spokeswoman said that while the governor supports «the notion of providing paid family leave in New York State,» he wants the Senate and the Assembly to come up with a «workable» proposal on which both chambers can agree.

Experts assess the state of paid family leave in the United States while President - elect made proposals on expanding benefits.

Enacting a paid family and medical leave program, strengthening laws against hate crimes and exempting Social Security income from the state income tax are among the proposals he endorsed Wednesday.

Legislators from both chambers pitched ethics reforms — and a host of other policy proposals, from paid family leave to a more robust system for organ donation — that will lead to clashes, namely the limiting of outside income for lawmakers and pension forfeiture for those convicted of a crime related to their public office.

The New York State Assembly approved a one - house bill to establish partial paid family leave in New York as Gov. Andrew Cuomo signaled he will amend his proposal to provide more money to those who take the leave.

Glick argues that Gov. Andrew Cuomo should step in and flex the political muscle he used to get several progressive proposals — like same - sex marriage, increases in the minimum wage and paid family leave — through the Republican - led Senate.

Hutchins says the governor's proposal is more generous than the three states that already have paid family leave.

The paid family leave is a double whammy to businesses, who are already anticipating the passage of Governor Cuomo's budget proposal to phase in the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour.

Unshackle Upstate's Greg Biryla, says he's relieved that there are no major proposals that would adversely affect employers this year, like last years» minimum wage increase and requirement to provide paid family leave.