By a 51-to-39 percent margin, New Yorkers say Andrew Cuomo has made New York a better place to live in his nine years as governor. Yet, Cuomo’s favorability rating, negative 43-to-50 percent (down from 52-to-42 percent in June), matches his lowest-ever favorability rating, and his job performance rating 34-to-64 […]
Tag: farmworkers rights
Small farmers say new labor bill is overly burdensome
Family farmers are speaking out against a labor bill they say could put many of them out of business. Passage of the Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act (S.2837/A.2750) that has been introduced in the Senate and Assembly Labor Committees would increase labor costs on New York farms by 17 percent, or […]