“We put so much more attention to issues that didn’t always get attention,” said Assemb. Sarah Clark (D-Rochester), a mother of three who unveiled the “Mom Squad” in a tweet in January. “We were again and again just bringing it up. Even when discussing economic development, we raise our hands and say, ‘What about child care?’ We’re bringing issues that haven’t always been in the limelight.”
Continue readingUnder a new state law, signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Dec. 8, a clear protocol is laid out for how a vacancy study is conducted, the results of which determine whether a city qualifies for rent stabilization. Under the bill, landlords would be required to respond, or risk being fined $1,000 and losing their certificate of occupancy. Absent a response, a property would be recorded as fully occupied, thus driving down the city vacancy rate and making it more likely to meet the threshold for rent control.
Continue reading“We pass multiple task force bills every year,” said Assemblywoman Sarah Clark. “This one is very much focused on BIPOC women and girls who go missing across the state and creating a task force that would really look at the way we use our alert system and various other methods to help find these missing women and girls, because it’s not working particularly for our Black and Brown girls who go missing.”
Continue reading“Oftentimes, what our EMS agents have become is a collection agency,” said Assemblymember Sarah Clark, a co-sponsor of the legislation. “Instead of putting time and resources into what they need to do to deliver health care services and make sure people are safe and healthy and getting the medical treatment they need, they’re calling people and tracking down dollars that are owed to them for services provided.”
Continue readingLegislation (A.3305-B/ S.5521-A) Will Allow Spouses of Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients to Apply for Distinctive License Plates, Transfers Distinctive License Plates of Deceased Medal of Honor Recipients to Surviving Spouses
Continue readingA bill in the state Assembly is aiming to make orders of protection easier to enforce.
Assemblywoman Sarah Clark, D-Rochester, is proposing the creation of hope cards (A.5040) that contain the information and content of a final order of protection to those who want them. The cards would come at no charge to those who want them from the courts. Hope cards are a wallet-sized, laminated card that people can carry with them which hold the same validity as a traditional paper order of protection.
Continue readingAmong the state lawmakers backing AARP’s call for more state funding for the ombudsman program is Assemblymember Sarah Clark, who is a member of the Assembly’s Committee on Aging.
She said the ombudsman program “simply cannot operate to its potential at the rate of current funding,” and Clark said the proposed additional $15 million in state funding would allow for consistent visits to long-term care facilities across the state.
Continue reading“The bill, introduced in December by State Sen. Jessica Ramos and Assembly Member Sarah Clark, would expand eligibility for fully-subsidized child care to families earning up to 400 percent of the federal poverty line, or $106,000 a year for a four-person household.
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If the state implemented the bill’s changes, it would reduce New York’s poverty rate by 2.7 percent and child poverty by 12 percent, according to Robin Hood and Columbia’s analysis.”
“Four local businesses are now graduates of a six-month business intensive program, called 10,000 Small Businesses, hosted by Goldman-Sachs. All of the businesses were nominated by Assemblywoman Sarah Clark of the 136th district. Clark started the partnership in 2021, and looks to continue it in 2022.”
Continue readingsupport an investment of $5 billion into the state’s struggling child care industry in this year’s state budget. … Sen. Jessica Ramos, D-Queens, and Assm. Sarah Clark, D-Monroe, who’ve crafted their own bill to expand child care in New York, were also on the statement.”
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