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#bFair2DirectCare Gears Up In Brooklyn Monday

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Monday, December 4

11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Rally

Doors open 10:15am

Urge Governor Cuomo and NY State lawmakers to #bFair2DirectCare and provide funding for direct care workers to receive a living wage.

                                                                                 

LOCATION: St. Francis College

182 Remsen Street

Brooklyn

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Students with disabilities now able to graduate with classmates

Washingtonville High School graduate Zachary Lerman has autism, and because of policies in place, almost didn’t get the chance to walk with his class at graduation.

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Focus Is On Two Vacant NYS Senate Seats

Filling those seats, held by Sens. George Latimer and Ruben Diaz who are leaving office at the end of the year after winning local elections, is key to the plan for reconciling the two factions of Democrats in the state Senate.

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Times Says Lee Zeldin Punished Over Tax Bill Vote

“I just have too many constituents who are going to see their taxes go up,” Mr. Zeldin said the day of the vote. “You’re taking more money from a place like New York in order to pay for deeper tax cuts elsewhere.”

 

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NYS Reps Agree Senate Tax Bill Bad For Empire State

For the Empire State, the tax reform bill the Senate hopes to take up this week will be far worse than the version the House passed two weeks ago.

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Governor Predicts Tough Budget Year

“The budget is not going to be an easy budget and we’re going to have find additional savings in the budget,” says Governor Cuomo.

 

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Proposed Tax Bill May Threaten Disability Services

Disability advocacy groups are working furiously to block the U.S. Senate from passing a bill that may bring up to $1.5 trillion in tax cuts

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