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Andrew Gounardes

26th Senate District

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56th Senate District

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48th Senate District

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Child Poverty, Poverty, Health Care

Pluribus News: Sen. Gounardes' bill would give $1,800 grants to Medicaid recipients who have babies

Andrew Gounardes

October 25, 2024

State Senator Andrew Gounardes speaking in the Senate chamber.

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Child Poverty, Poverty, Health Care

NY Focus: Sen. Gounardes' ‘Birth Grant’ Bill Would Pay New Parents With Medicaid Funds

Andrew Gounardes

November 4, 2024

A new proposal from state senator Andrew Gounardes would send some new parents $1,800 in the third trimester of pregnancy. | Flickr via Nicolas Raymond and Jim Legans, Jr. + Brad Racino

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Poverty, Child Poverty, Health Care

Sen. Gounardes Proposes First-in-the-Nation “New York Healthy Birth Grant” to Slash Childhood Poverty

Andrew Gounardes

October 24, 2024

State Senator Andrew Gounardes speaking on the Senate floor.

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Child tax credit, Child Poverty

Sen. Gounardes: Jump in New York Poverty Rate Makes Clear the Need for My Working Families Tax Credit

Andrew Gounardes

September 10, 2024

Senator Andrew Gounardes speaks at a press event in support of the Working Families Tax Credit.

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Child Poverty, Poverty, accessible housing, Access to Education, Employment

Report by Cities 2 Chair Senator Rachel May sheds light on poverty in New York’s Upstate cities

April 12, 2024

As chair of As the chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Cities 2, Senator May conducted a hearing in early December 2023 on poverty in Upstate cities.

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2021-S537

EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit), Family Support, Child Care, anti-poverty, Child Poverty

Provides for the advance payment of the earned income tax credit

January 5, 2022

In Senate Committee Budget And Revenue Committee

Sponsor: Anna M. Kaplan

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