Kevin S. Parker's posts related to Economic Development

Senator Parker Discusses Islamic Finance at the University of California Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law

FROM THE OFFICE OF STATE SENATOR KEVIN PARKER (D-21)

Contact: Umair Khan | mukhan@nysenate.gov  | 518-455-2580 ph | 518-426-6843 fax

Immediate Release: April 14, 2011

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Parker Proposes Jobs Creation Package

(Brooklyn, NY) Today Senator Parker joined his Senate colleagues in another charge to assist Main Street New Yorkers by releasing the Workforce Reinvestment Plan which includes 11 pieces of legislation sponsored by Senators Parker, Kennedy, Perkins, Espaillat, Montgomery, Stewart-Cousins, and Maziarz.  The plan covers a broad range of employment issues including training programs, workforce credits, alternative investment and reinvestment funds, educational opportunities, green jobs initiatives, nondiscrimination legislation and tax credits.  Senator Parker sponsored three of the eleven pieces of legislation proposed.

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SENATOR PARKER ADVOCATES FOR A TRUE MINIMUM WAGE BILL

SENATOR PARKER ADVOCATES FOR A TRUE MINIMUM WAGE BILL

Senator Parker introduced S.3711 yesterday, raising the minimum wage to $11.15 indexed for inflation

 

For Immediate Release: February 13, 2013

 

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Senator Kevin Parker Seeking Greater Broadband Access in the State

Senator Kevin Parker Seeking Greater Broadband Access in the State

S.1636 Passes the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee

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