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The budget is done. Hochul has signed legislation that will change pay for home care workers. However, the legislation doesn’t include a major bill that much of the disability community had been advocating for. WBFO’s Emyle Watkins has more on Fair Pay for Home Care, which activists say isn’t over yet.
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Nearly 75% of New Yorkers lost their home care workers last year, according to a report from the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Association. Many home health aides have pointed to low wages as their reason for leaving the industry.
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In February, a local disability rights activist brought thousands of names and hundreds of stories to the desk of Governor Kathy Hochul. All in hopes that the new administration will hear the stories of people with disabilities impacted by a workforce crisis that threatens their quality of life. WBFO’s Emyle Watkins has the exclusive.
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Rep. Brian Higgins (D-Buffalo) is co-sponsoring legislation that aims to provide a significant annual investment in the home and community-based care economy. He appeared Tuesday in Buffalo, joined by union leaders, workers and advocates, pushing for inclusion of the Better Care, Better Jobs Act in the federal government’s broader Build Back Better compromise bill.