Sentences with phrase «supported paid sick leave bill»

In October, he joined a coalition of small business owners pressuring City Council Speaker Christine Quinn to support a paid sick leave bill.

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As 1010 WINS» Stan Brooks reported, the group — including U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D - N.Y.) and Nydia Velazquez (D - N.Y.) gathered on the City Hall steps demanding that City Council Speaker Christine Quinn allow the paid sick leave bill to come up for a vote in the Council, insisting there is enough support to pass it.

She supports paid sick days and paid family leave insurance, so that no parent has to choose between paying the bills and nursing a sick child.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Little more than a week after City Council Speaker Christine Quinn told an audience of hundreds at an LGBT Democratic mayoral forum that she was not in favor of moving forward now on pending paid sick leave legislation, she will announce support for a modified bill at a City Hall press -LSB-...]

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.

Quinn, for her part, said she supports the overall concept of Paid Sick Leave, but not the current version of the bill, because of the city's weak economy.