Gov. Cuomo is mulling a plan to provide up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to New Yorkers in the coming year after Mayor de Blasio allowed city workers to receive the benefit in 2014.
Gubernatorial aides met with advocates Dec. 29 in Manhattan to talk providing paid time off for employees with a new child, an injury or a sick family member.
Cuomo is “feeling a lot more pressure” after Mayor de Blasio’s move last month to provide paid parental leave for up to 12 weeks for city workers starting in January, a source said.
Advocates hope Cuomo will introduce the bill in his State of the State Address on Jan. 13.