Legislation (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.”
Continue readingFor far too long, New York state has done far too little to support these workers. This year, we must adopt a state budget and pass the necessary legislation to change that once and for all.
Continue reading“Senate Bill 7752 directs OMH to create a Maternal Mental Health Workgroup to study and issue recommendations related to the diagnosis and treatment of maternal mental health and perinatal and postpartum mood and anxiety disorders. The bill is sponsored in the Assembly by Assemblymember Sarah Clark.”
Continue reading“…as the Subcommittee Chair of hte Tuition Assistance Program in the Assembly, I am very please to see the Governor’s support for greater access to higher education by ensuring that TAP is available to part-time students, acknowledging the reality of many working-class families looking for a pathway to success.”
Continue readingSenator Jessica Ramos and Assembly Member Sarah Clark have introduced a plan to provide universal child care in the state. They’ve embarked on a statewide tour, and they will work to bring enough colleagues on board to pass the plan in 2022. So how would it work? Who benefits? Our guests explore the issue. “Discussing universal child care in New …
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