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SCHODACK LANDING, NY -- New York State Senators Sue Serino and Daphne Jordan today stood with Assembly Members Jake Ashby and Chris Tague and members of the local agriculture community calling on the Farm Labor Wage Board in Albany to reject a reduction of the overtime threshold from the current 60 hours to the proposed 40 hours. “The Farm Laborers Wage Board must heed what they are being told as the future of New York’s farms is hinged on the Wage Board’s decision in just five days.

Teresa Molina says she receives minimal pay and reduced hours at her McDonald’s location in The City and that management keeps asking her to perform faster and faster.

A bill being considered by the California legislature will propose a capital gains additional surcharge tax of up to 25 percent on all homes purchased and then sold within the state during the initial seven years of ownership.