We the people, respectfully petition President Obama to sign an EXECUTIVE ORDER to issue the NEW SOCIAL SECURITY CARD with a picture (free of charge) which can be used as an official ID and cannot be turned down at polling stations. This will reduce voter suppression in many states.

Revive the New Deal's "CCC" (Civilian Conservation Corps), to provide employment & training; base local units at Community Colleges; seek foundation funding.

I am writing in support of permitting City Cycle Tours (franchisee R. E. Cycle, L. L. C.) to operate a for-hire, pedal-powered bus business in New Orleans. City Cycle Tours offers a fun transportation option that does not currently exist in the city and I would be interested in hiring this vehicle once it is operational. Permitting City Cycle Tours fits in with many of the City of New Orleans’ initiatives: environmental stewardship, healthy living, community engagement, bolstering tourism, bicycle-friendly communities, and economic development via small businesses. I ask for your support in permitting City Cycle Tours. Thank you for your time and attention.

Families in New York are in a care crisis. With most mothers in the paid workforce, families are relying on both parents to be wage earners as well as caregivers. In fact, in New York two incomes are necessary for most families to stay afloat. Yet parents, and other workers who provide care for family members, have minimal access to paid leave or other workplace supports to address their families’ needs. As a result, workers in New York are crunched between the competing demands of work and family and, in the worst cases, forced to make impossible choices between their jobs and their families’ wellbeing. The consequences of this care crisis are real. Families suffer: breadwinners earn less, cannot advance, lose their jobs or are forced to quit because of inflexible, outdated and discriminatory workplaces. Our economy also suffers: employees exit the workforce and struggle to reenter, and families with lost income stop spending and saving. Ignoring the needs of working families is shortsighted and bad public policy that harms our economic competitiveness as well as our families. It is time for our public officials to recognize the real needs of working families. Working New Yorkers have fundamental rights to care for themselves and their families without jeopardizing their economic security. Our priorities include: THE RIGHT TO PAID LEAVE Many New Yorkers cannot take time off to care for their family members without losing pay or risking job loss. New York should offer broader job protection for parents with a new child or the need to care for a sick relative. New York should also follow California’s and New Jersey’s lead and expand the temporary disability insurance (TDI) program, which provides benefits to workers with short-term disability, to also cover care for a new child or seriously ill or disabled relative. Most higher earning New Yorkers take it for granted that everyone has the ability to take time off when they or a family member is ill. But in New York City alone, more than 1.3 million workers lack a single day of paid sick leave. New York should guarantee a minimum number of paid sick days for personal or family illness. Finally, New York should consider providing parents with several hours of paid time off to handle their children’s academic needs, such as parent-teacher conferences. THE RIGHT TO A MEANINGFUL REMEDY FOR DISCRIMINATION Discrimination that prevents pregnant women and caregivers from staying on the job is a significant threat to family economic security. It also thwarts women’s advancement in the workplace. Yet a dramatic rise in these cases, notably in New York, coupled with limited resources at state agencies, often makes enforcement difficult. New York must explore every legal option to prevent discrimination against pregnant women and caregivers. Specifically, New York should consider a law explicitly prohibiting discrimination on the basis of family responsibilities. New York should also step up public education efforts to inform workers of their rights on the job, particularly their rights regarding pregnancy, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and breastfeeding, and explore strategies to enhance enforcement of existing laws. THE RIGHT TO FAIR PAY Every dollar can make the difference for a family just scraping by. The persistent gender wage gap harms families, not just women. American women earn, on average, 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man. Mothers are hardest hit, earning on average only 60 cents of a father’s dollar. Part-time workers, disproportionately women, face an additional wage penalty. New York should take the lead in strengthening protections against wage discrimination, especially by promoting wage transparency and prohibiting retaliation against employees for sharing salary information. New York should also ensure that part-time workers receive proportional pay and benefits. As a first step, New York should establish a task force to study the gender wage gap by sector with special attention to the motherhood penalty and issue policy recommendations. THE RIGHT TO A FAIR WORK SCHEDULE Flexible work arrangements are critical for workers struggling to succeed in the workplace while caring for their loved ones. They also help employers recruit and retain top talent, reduce turnover and enhance productivity. Children also benefit: when parents have access to workplace flexibility, they do better in school and recover more quickly from illness. Unfortunately, fear of negative consequences and stigma inhibit many workers from taking advantage of flexible work options. And unpredictable and rigid work schedules make it impossible for many, especially low-wage workers, to cope with child care or other family needs. New York should lead the way in promoting workplace flexibility. As a first step, New York should develop incentives for employers to adopt flexible work and consider policies that would allow w...

The students of The New School stand together to affirm the importance of the occupation at Liberty Square, and to express our hope for and commitment to a more humane future where educational, social, and economic opportunities are available to all, regardless of their class, race, and gender identification.

Currently, Social Security payroll taxes apply only to the first $106,800 of a worker's wages. Rep. Bernie Sanders, one of the Senate’s staunchest liberals, is proposing to make the payroll tax applicable at higher incomes levels, $250,000 per year, if he can get enough cosponsors and momentum behind his efforts. The chief actuary for Social Security says the senator’s proposal to make the payroll tax applicable at higher income levels would create enough new revenue to keep the program solvent for the next 75 years. Since the inception of Social Security, there has never been an adjustment, we're calling on all elected officials to raise the payroll tax wages.

Implement a new unit within their required health class for all students to learn what consent is. A crisis counselor from ADV/SAS or another certified individual should visit every health class to ensure each student understands the true definition of consent.

Donald Trump was quietly planning to spend $100 billion in funding for a new nuclear weapons system. Congress should not fund this unsafe, wasteful program and instead put that money toward ending the pandemic and economic recovery.

Al Gobernador Andrew Cuomo, el Senado del Estado de Nueva York y la Asamblea del Estado de Nueva York: Somos un grupo de trabajadores agrícolas y organizaciones que trabajan con nosotros del estado de NY. Como sabemos este momento que vivimos es algo inédito para la población mundial. A lo largo de la historia el ser humano ha luchado por subsistir siempre buscando la manera de estar mejor cada día. Quizás pueden hacer falta ciertas cosas materiales para vivir y desarrollarnos en la sociedad, pero algo que es indispensable para todos es la agricultura. Por naturaleza el hombre ha basado su desarrollo dándole un valor muy importante ya que sin agricultura no sobreviviríamos. Dadas las circunstancias de esta pandemia, miles de personas, al igual que yo, nos preguntamos por qué se nos ha puesto a un lado, en estos momentos cuando todos necesitamos de todos. No se nos debería excluir de las ayudas cuando somos parte de la sociedad. Estamos arriesgando todos los días nuestras vidas y las de nuestras familias produciendo alimentos para el resto de la población y ayudando a sostener la economía del Estado. Es contradictorio que generemos billones de dólares y no se nos tome en cuenta. La voz no es solo mía, es de miles de trabajadores que no tienen como expresarse o tal vez ni siquiera entienden la situación, sólo se sienten olvidados. A quien se dirige esta carta quisiera hacerle saber que también existimos dentro de la sociedad. Somos padres, hijos, hermanos, abuelos. Algunos estamos enfermos. Algunos han perdido su vida. Otros estamos desempleados. Somos trabajadores esenciales y hoy necesitamos urgentemente ayuda. Pedimos al Gobierno y al Congreso del Estado crear un fondo para mitigar los impactos de la pandemia entre los trabajadores agrícolas desempleados o afectados por la pandemia y que no tienen acceso a ayuda federal. California ya estableció un fondo de ayuda para los californianos que no son elegibles para asistencia para el desempleo o asistencia federal incluyendo la Ley CARES. La Ciudad de Nueva York ha anunciado un fondo en colaboración con una fundación privada para ayudar los trabajadores migrantes que quedan fuera de la asistencia federal. Pedimos que nosotros, los trabajadores migrantes esenciales de Upstate, no seamos olvidados. Nosotros también amamos a este país al igual que cualquier ciudadano, pues aquí nacieron nuestros hijos y algunos de nosotros llevamos media vida en este país y lo sentimos como nuestro. Pedimos al Gobernador y a los Miembros del Congreso impulsar una medida donde se incluya a todos los trabajadores agrícolas, que tenemos las mismas necesidades que cualquier trabajador esencial de este Estado. Nos sentimos orgullosos por el trabajo que hacemos. Lo hacemos bien y con amor, y con ello contribuimos para que este sea un gran país. Pedimos que Nueva York reconozca nuestra contribución y sea sensible a nuestras necesidades críticas en este momento tan difícil. Urgentemente requerimos al Gobernador y la Legislatura del Estado de NY intervenir para crear un fondo monetario para ayudar a satisfacer las necesidades básicas de todos los trabajadores agrícolas y sus familias que están sufriendo en este momento y no cumplen los requisitos para una ayuda federal. We All Count Todos Contamos

If you wait until June to open bars and restaurants, we will not withstand this. It's killing us; not only the bar and restaurant owners but the staff as well. This is many servers and bartenders main income and a lot of them got denied from unemployment. I'm a bartender who was denied unemployment and this is my main source of income and if this goes until June, the bar I work at will loose our state liquor license. If you don't use or lease your license for 90 days, you lose it on top of the financial hardship. There are many ways restaurants can open while being safe and following rules. We can remove tables to comply with the distancing, and can only allow for a certain amount of people in at a time, limit hours of business, and having the sanitation in check better than what the grocery stores are doing.