Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito announced a plan to expand paid sick leave at a press conference at Esmeralda’s in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn on Friday afternoon.
The new agreement resembles the original version of the law that passed last year. De Blasio described it as a “dramatic expansion” in the paid sick leave policy of New York City and it would cover an additional 350,000 workers.
“The mission we are all a part of is to make the lives of everyday people better,” the mayor said.
“I am so thrilled today to be standing next to Speaker Mellisa Mark-Viverito and I’m so excited by the opportunity to be able to work for progressive change in this city,” he said.
De Blasio said his goal is for the new policy to take affect by April.
“With these changes, we will have one of the strongest paid sick leave laws in the nation,” de Blasio said.
“Paid sick leave is a right New Yorkers should have,” said Mark-Viverito.
Last year, the Council voted to require businesses with 20 or more employees to allow five paid sick days a year beginning in April, and businesses with at least 15 employees in late 2015.
The new proposal would require businesses with 5 or more employees to provide paid sick days.
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