Albany, NY – Reacting to today’s event with Governor Cuomo and Vice President Biden in support of a Paid Family Leave program for New York, Karen Scharff, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, said:
“Paid Family Leave is essential for the economic security of New York’s families and communities. We thank Governor Cuomo for elevating this issue to give it the attention it deserves, but we have to get the policy details right so all workers benefit. We have to make sure the working families the Governor and Vice President spoke about today can afford to take a leave under this plan. That’s why we strongly support the Assembly’s Paid Family Leave proposal that provides a benefit of two-thirds of a worker’s wage. With anything less, it’s a program that subsidizes paid leave for wealthy families at the expense of low income families. We urge the Governor and legislature to join together to pass a paid family leave bill that will work for all of New York’s working families.”