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Andrew Gounardes

26th Senate District

Rachel May

48th Senate District

Roxanne J. Persaud

19th Senate District

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Food Access, SNAP, Food Stamps, Poverty

Sen. Gounardes Joins Community Advocates to Demand Comprehensive Response to EBT Theft

Andrew Gounardes

March 28, 2025

Senator Gounardes rallies to protect residents from EBT theft.

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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

Press Release

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.

Press Release

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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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
2023

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

Legislative Office Building

Hearing Room A, 2nd Flr
2nd Flr, Hearing Room A
Albany, New York

11:00 AM

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