Only three US states have paid family leave policies – will New York be next?

Female lawmakers and women’s groups hope letters urging action on paid family leave bills will whet the ‘appetite’ of Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislature

Leading female lawmakers and women’s groups are turning up the pressure on New York governor Andrew Cuomo to help pass a paid family leave law in the state.

A group including state senators, assemblywomen, and more than a dozen local and national women’s organizations, sent a letter to the governor last Thursday, urging him to show support for paid leave. The letter was a response to recent remarks by Cuomo alleging that Albany lacks the “appetite” to debate such a policy. “We respectfully disagree,” Thursday’s letter read.

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