Over 1,200 people attended Friday’s “Rally in the Valley” to show their support for healthcare workers who help 140,000 New Yorkers with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Governor Kathy Hochul has been criticized for the lack of funding in the state budget proposal for such workers, who have been asking for a cost-of-living adjustment. During the rally at the former Letchworth Village Developmental Center in Stony Point, Jawonio’s CEO Randi Rios-Castro told the crowd changes must be made to the way healthcare workers, and the people they care for, are undervalued…
Rockland’s State Assemblyman John McGowan of the 97th district, covering Orangetown and portions of Ramapo, told “The Morning Show” recently the state is, unfortunately, looking to put more money in the wrong places…
Hochul’s budget proposal includes a 1.5% COLA increase, but that falls short of the 3.2% boost supporters say they need to help retain employees.