Protesters march across Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges calling on Gov. Hochul to provide more relief for excluded workers. AClineThomas reports:
Undocumented workers and their advocates marched from Brooklyn to Manhattan, calling onproviding $2.1 billion in pandemic relief to undocumented workersTwo separate groups crossed the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges with the same message. They called on the governor to add an extra $3 billion to the fund for excluded workers.
Already, 130,000 undocumented workers across the state have received relief. But advocates say so many people who were eligible faced barriers, and by the time they applied, the money had already run out. "There are still families going without food two years later. There are still families who are unemployed, underemployed," City Councilmember Carmen de la Rosa said."These are the workers that have put everything on the line for our city and for our state to be the economic engine of the world."
In addition to calls to refund the coffers, advocacy groups asked to make unemployment insurance permanent for undocumented workers, for those who are documented by get paid off the book and for self-employed workers who have a limited income.