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Timothy M. Kennedy

63rd Senate District

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Rachel May

48th Senate District

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19th Senate District

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Office of the New York State Comptroller - New Yorkers in Need: A Look at Poverty Trends in New York State for the Last Decade

Roxanne J. Persaud

December 31, 2023

Press Release

Cities 2 Committee, food desert, Housing, Poverty, Transit

Senator Rachel May Appointed Chair of Cities 2 Committee

Rachel May

January 06, 2023

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anti-poverty, Childhood Poverty, EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit), Poverty

New York lawmakers call for expanded earned income tax credit

Anna M. Kaplan

March 10, 2022

Press Release

Civil Rights, Economic Justice, Fines, Poverty

New York State Legislature Passes Senator Tim Kennedy and Assemblymember Pamela Hunter’s Legislation to End Driver’s License Suspensions for Unpaid Fines and Fees

Timothy M. Kennedy

July 22, 2020

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S5525

Equality, Intergenerational Poverty, Poverty

Relates to the intergenerational poverty mitigation act; creates a commission to study intergenerational poverty and a pilot program to address intergenerational poverty subject to appropriation.

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed/Vetoed by Governor

January 08, 2020

In Senate Committee Social Services Committee

Sponsor: Kevin Thomas

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