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Rachel May

48th Senate District

Timothy M. Kennedy

63rd Senate District

Roxanne J. Persaud

19th Senate District

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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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Poverty

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

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

Senator Rachel May Appointed Chair of Cities 2 Committee

January 6, 2023

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

New York lawmakers call for expanded earned income tax credit

March 10, 2022

Press Release

Fines, Economic Justice, Poverty, Civil Rights

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

NYS Map of Traffic Debt

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2019-S5525

Intergenerational Poverty, Poverty, Equality

Relates to the intergenerational poverty mitigation act

January 8, 2020

In Senate Committee Social Services Committee

Sponsor: Kevin Thomas

12 Dec

Public Hearing: To receive testimony on the causes and effects of poverty and concentrated poverty in New York’s medium- and small-sized cities, and policies the legislature can work to implement to reduce poverty

Hearing Room A, 2nd Flr

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