We need a New York State budget that: permanently funds universal child care, including fair wages for child and home care workers; makes sure no one loses health insurance; and keeps safety net hospitals open.  

But instead of taxing the rich to fund universal, high-quality childcare and home care for disabled and older New Yorkers, and to cover Trump’s devastating Medicaid cuts, Governor Hochul is taking money from home care. She has refused to ask the wealthy to pay their fair share. Instead, she is forcing home care workers, disabled New Yorkers, older adults, and families with young children to shoulder the burden, using federal cuts as the excuse. 

New York has enough money to fund all the care our state needs, including free, full-day, year-round child care and accessible, well-paid home care — IF billionaires and the major corporations share the wealth. 

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