Call for Expanding Funding for Excluded Workers Fund

Workers and community members from across upstate New York held a Zoom press conference tomorrow, October 7, to join the growing calls for Governor Kathy Hochul and state legislators to add funding to the state’s Excluded Workers Fund, which could be closed in the coming days as the program runs out of funding amid skyrocketing demand.
Here are some excerpts from the press event, edited by Sina Basila Hickey