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The influential labor union 32BJ on Wednesday endorsed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's bid for a third term this year, citing his push for a paid family leave program and a $ 19 minimum wage for airport workers.

A coalition of doctors and medical groups sent a letter to Cuomo and the state Senate this morning, pushing for paid family leave benefits for most New Yorkers.

Despite his successful push for Paid Family Leave and another minimum wage increase, NYC businesses are still standing strong with Cuomo.

Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeffrey Klein, who in recent years pushed for a paid family leave program, said of the budget that «this is truly the year of the worker.»

Not exact matches

«My progressive ideals will always go hand in hand with working families, and my legislative record speak for itself, from pushing to pass the Paid Family Leave program to increasing the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour,» Peralta said.

«He'd be a great candidate, he's a great governor,» she said, citing his support for paid family leave and the push to legalize same - sex marriage in 2011.

Klein has pointed to IDC successes in the Senate, including minimum wage increases and a successful push for the creation of paid family leave.

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.

Alcantara — who will replace outgoing Sen. Adriano Espaillat — said she had worked on the push for a $ 15 minimum wage and paid family leave in her capacity as a union organizer for the New York State Nurses Association, and she credits the five - member IDC for being able to push those measures through a Republican - controlled Senate that was cool to those issues.

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.

Samuelsen, noting that Cuomo pushed through a $ 15 minimum wage, a paid family leave law and free public college tuition for middle class families, said it's baffling for the WFP wouldn't endorse him.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing to shift payment responsibility to New York City for higher education and health care, is asking state legislators to adopt a congressional model limiting their outside income, will direct $ 2.6 billion to address homelessness in New York State and will push for a system of paid family leave.

While there are a variety of city - specific issues at play, de Blasio has made it clear that he is supportive of Cuomo's push for both a minimum wage increase toward $ 15 per hour over the next several years and a paid family leave policy.

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.

De Blasio's trip comes after he traveled to Washington last spring to launch a national campaign called the Progressive Agenda to push for changes in national economic policy, including a $ 15 minimum wage, closing the carried - interest tax loophole and national paid sick leave and paid family leave.

«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.

Though he's had an at - times difficult relationship with the left of the Democratic base, Cuomo on the convention floor sought to play up areas of commonality on policy, touting the push for the $ 15 minimum wage and 12 weeks of paid family leave — both measures that were approved in New York earlier this year (with, by the way, the Republicans in control of the state Senate).

At the breakfast, Sanders pointed to Cuomo's push for a $ 15 minimum wage as well as paid family leave, part of a series of accomplishments the governor can claim on the left side of the political spectrum.

The union, which was instrumental in leading the push for measures such as a minimum wage increase to $ 15 in the downstate region and $ 12.50 upstate as well as a paid family leave program, has spread its endorsements around to members of both parties as control of the state Senate remains up for grabs a week before Election Day.

Clinton used the first public rally of her presidential campaign to align herself with the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, saying she wanted to ease income inequality and would push for expanded paid family leave, universal preschool and other liberal priorities.

At the time, the exhibit matched the theme of a successful policy push for increasing the state's minimum wage to $ 15 in the New York City metro area and the approval of a paid - family leave program.

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 governor's push for a state 12 - week paid family leave law would only cover 35 percent of a person's salary in the first year.

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.

NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton used the first public rally of her presidential campaign to align herself with the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, saying she wanted to ease income inequality and would push for expanded paid family leave, universal preschool and other liberal priorities.

Sen. Jeff Klein, the head of the Independent Democratic Conference, has pushed for his own version of paid family leave.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo pushed Monday for paid family leave legislation and an increase in the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour at a rally with labor leaders and elected Democrats in Hauppauge.

Then there is Mr. Klein's group, which has pushed for liberal policies like paid family leave and the $ 15 minimum wage, but has worked with Republicans for several years.

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.

Cuomo allies leapt to the governor's defense this week, saying his record of legalizing same - sex marriage, pushing for stricter gun controls, implementing a system of paid family leave and raising the minimum wage to $ 15 makes him a progressive leader who doesn't just talk, but gets results.

The GOP conference has backed Cuomo's push for a minimum wage increase for some parts of the state to $ 15 and a 12 - week paid family leave program this year, with a tax - cut package coming along as part of the deal.

Klein says the IDC will also continue to push for its own agenda, which includes paid family leave and better child care subsidies.

But those close to him have previously said they don't fear a primary given what they consider the governor's strong progressive record, including successfully pushing for the legalization of same sex marriage, passage of the SAFE Act gun control law, enactment of a $ 15 hourly minimum wage and a statewide paid family leave program, and a free tuition program for some public college students.

He succeeded in pushing for a $ 15 hourly minimum wage, the creation of statewide paid family leave program, and a free tuition plan for some public college students,

Many progressive groups, meanwhile, largely stood down in their criticism in order to support Cuomo's push for a $ 15 minimum wage and a paid family leave program.

De Blasio and his allies in the City Council are also aligned with state Democrats in pushing for an increase in the minimum wage and paid family leave.

Left - leaning groups associated with the Working Families Party this week began a push to tie any pay hike for state legislators to an increase in the minimum wage.