Source: Spectrum News

State lawmakers want more funding for workers and human services in the state budget compared to what Gov. Kathy Hochul wants as workforce sectors across the state remain under-resourced and much of the executive's proposal reduces spending ahead of projected future deficits.

Source: Univision

Source: Spectrum News

Health advocates and major upstate New York food retailers including Price Chopper and Tops Friendly Markets are calling for an increase in the SNAP program to combat food insecurity in the Empire State via letters sent to Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Source: Published Reporter

A proposed state measure that would boost the minimum wage for servers is raising the fears of restaurant owners in New York City. 

Source: Patch

NEW YORK CITY — A push to change how tips count toward restaurant workers' wages should be 86'd, said an overwhelming majority of New York City restaurant owners.

Source: ABC7

NEW YORK (WABC) -- In this edition of Eyewitness News Extra Time, we break down the huge tussle over restaurant tipping in light of New York State's latest legislature.

Source: CBS6

ALBANY, NY (WRGB) — Lawmakers and advocates are asking New York Governor Kathy Hochul to make sure all students in New York are well-fed.

Source: Spectrum News

Advocates and lawmakers gathered at the New York State Capitol on Monday to rally for free school meals for every student in the state.

Source: NY Post

A legislative push to end the tips credit — the rule that lets owners pay wait staff who earn tips less than the minimum wage — has met with massive opposition from people who actually know how the business works. 

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Several Queens and Brooklyn elected officials are calling on the MTA to consider running the G train along its former route, deeper into Queens, now that the transit authority has announced plans to do work on the line that will likely cause major service disruptions.

Source: NY Post

New York restaurant owners have a tip for lawmakers: don’t change the rules about wait staff gratuity.

Source: CBS News

NEW YORK - A state lawmaker hit by a driver in Queens earlier this month is using the accident to fuel calls for safer streets.

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Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas and advocates held a rally in Corona Plaza Thursday to draw attention to legislation that she has introduced, that aims to provide assistance to non-citizen victims of human trafficking, domestic violence, and torture.

Source: Spectrum News

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday detailed items in her state budget that she said were intended to crack down on hate crimes.

Source: News10

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)— The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, helps people with low incomes pay for groceries. Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas says with today’s food prices, more needs to be done to help struggling New Yorkers.

Source: Spectrum News

Activistas, funcionarios electos e inmigrantes indocumentados en Queens piden a la gobernadora Kathy Hochul que de el visto bueno para dar cobertura médica a todos los neoyorquinos de bajos recursos, sin importar su estatus migratorio.

Source: NYSUT

ALBANY – New York State United Teachers and a coalition of child, family and community stakeholders today announced their combined push to confront the root causes and harsh effects of poverty that impact hundreds of thousands of children across the state.

Source: Empire State Streets Blog

Advocates trekked to the State Capitol to lobby lawmakers for a slate of street safety bills, including permission for the city to set its own speed limits, that failed catastrophically last year despite a 100-hour hunger strike by the mothers of two road violence victims.

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Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas (D-East Elmhurst) was hit by a car near her home in Jackson Heights last Thursday night, leaving her with bruises across her face and a broken arm, which may need to be surgically repaired.

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On Monday, State Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas rallied with advocates in Albany for her One Fair Wage bill, which would equally compensate tipped workers like restaurant staffers.