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When the New York State Wage Board announced that the minimum wage in New York City would be raised to $15 an hour by December 31, 2018, Patrick McGeehan argued in The New York Times that it was a direct consequence of the Fight for $15 protests, and that "the labor protest movement that fast-food workers in New York City began nearly three ...
Also in 1937, New York passed a minimum wage law protecting women and minors. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 set a national minimum wage standard and a forty hour work week, and in this same year, an amendment to the New York State Constitution established a "Bill of Rights" for working people. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ...
A 1971 law took away New York City's ability to regulate rents and gave the power to the state government. [ 32 ] The Omnibus Housing Act of 1983 transferred the responsibilities for rent regulation in New York City from the New York City Conciliation and Appeals Board (CAB) to the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR ...
He was instrumental in getting a family leave policy passed in New York. [citation needed] He claimed in 2018 that New York's program was the best in the country. [10] [11] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuomo referred to the supposed success of his family leave policy and how effective he claimed it to be in fighting the virus. [citation needed]
On January 15, 2013, Cuomo signed into law the first state gun control bill to pass after the December 14, 2012, Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in neighboring Connecticut. [152] The NY SAFE Act was described as the toughest gun control law in the United States. [ 153 ]
This legislation was signed into law by Governor Brown in 2017. [15] Gonzalez sponsored a law requiring school children to get vaccinated unless they have a medical exemption. [16] Gonzalez sponsored AB 2051, which makes it easier for affiliate primary care clinics to enroll into Medi-Cal and Family Planning, Access, Care and Treatment.
This Pigovian tax, intended to cut down on traffic congestion and pollution, was first proposed in 2007 and included in the 2019 New York State government budget by the New York State Legislature. Tolls are collected electronically and vary depending on the time of day, type of vehicle, and whether a vehicle has an E-ZPass toll transponder.
In 1973, approximately 1,700 gravediggers at 47 cemeteries in the New York metropolitan area went on strike due to disagreements over the terms of a new labor contract. The strike, which initially only affected Cypress Hills Cemetery, began on April 12 and had spread to every cemetery whose workers were represented by the Cemetery Workers and Greens Attendants Union Local 365 by June 10.