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Advocates pushed hard for these measures during this budget session and criticized Gov. Hochul for not fully funding their proposals.

Grassroots labor advocates claim that if 1199SEIU home care workers got all the money they were owed, it would total $5 billion to $6 billion, putting staffing agencies out of business. The agencies say they'd need state help to pay the back wages.

The Fair Pay for Home Care Act, which would raise the minimum wage for home care workers by 150%, now has enough backers to pass the New York Assembly and the Senate. But Gov. Kathy Hochul hasn’t lent her support.

The vaccination rate has shot up in recent days. But advocates for workers, employers and patients say the state has not done enough to prevent elderly and disabled people from ending up on their own.

Many of the donations for the protective equipment have come from home care workers themselves.

Police have arrested a 35-year-old home health aide who allegedly murdered