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Cilento: New York needs to do more on income inequality
by Jimmy Vielkind, Capitol bureau
Mario Cilento, head of the state’s AFL-CIO, penned an op/ed in this morning’s Times Union arguing that New York must do more to help bridge income gaps.
We made progress this year, including long overdue increases in the minimum wage and unemployment benefits, But New York is still not working hard enough for hardworking New Yorkers.
Sadly, New York continues to lead the country in income inequality. Aside from the basic lack of fairness inherent in a society of haves and have-nots, it’s just not a sustainable economic condition.
Too many New Yorkers are struggling; we see it every day. Jobs are disappearing upstate — like in Rochester, where Bausch + Lomb, a Central New York institution, is sending 400 workers to the unemployment line.
Read more at http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/194229/cilento-new-york-needs-to-do-more-on-income-inequality/