State Senate Finance Chair, Human Service Workers COLA & Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
On This Week's Edition of New York NOW (3.22.24):
- Budget negotiations are underway at the State Capitol. We sat down with state Senate Finance Chair Liz Krueger (D-Manhattan) to unpack the chamber's one-house budget proposal and priorities.
- Michelle Jackson, of the Human Services Council, joins us to discuss a push to get a 3.2% cost of living adjustment for human service workers.
- It's Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month! We sit down with Kristin Proud, the executive director of the state Council on Developmental Disabilities and Shameka Andrews, caucus chair of the Council, to understand the world of opportunities for people with developmental disabilities.
- The Path Forward: Remembering Willowbrook documentary will be airing at 5pm on WMHT. You can also access it online and on YouTube.
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