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Chair of Consumer Protection, Chair of Legislative Commission on Rural Resources

( D, WF ) 48th Senate District

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WPA-Style Plan to Help NY Economy? Supporters Say Hire for Green, Ag, Arts Projects for Recovery

Rachel May

June 4, 2020

    ISSUE:
  • WPA
  • Public Works
  • Coronavirus Pandemic; COVID-19
Originally published in WAER

Could New York use a New Deal-style program to bring jobs to the flood of people who lost employment due to the COVID-19 pandemic?  Senator Rachel May is taking the idea to the State Senate, while Assembly Member Patricia Fahy introduced the bill in the house. 

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