Expanding access to child care subsidies
Assemblymember Sarah Clark wants to end a wage threshold and create a presumptive eligibility for child care aid.
Finding out the true cost of child care, and paying it
Assemblymember Sarah Clark is trying to get the Cuomo administration to acknowledge the true cost of providing child care, so the state can begin to pay providers what they're owed.
Hochul administration slow to realize touted child care initiatives
A 2021 direct deposit law designed to benefit child care providers hasn't been implemented after more than two years.
Work of child care task force lost into the ‘ether of state government’
When Gov. Kathy Hochul approved an extension of the state's Child Care Availability Task Force in 2021, she wrote in an approval memo that the stakeholders would be "integral in advising the state." "(The task force) will help guide
Serving aging New Yorkers with developmental disabilities
Two Assembly members hosted a roundtable with the head of the state office for people with developmental disabilities.
Heading to Albany: Long-time government staffer steps into spotlight in Rochester
Aug. 5, 2020 - We continued our tour around the state to meet some of the new faces that will be headed to Albany in 2021. Today, we met Sarah Clark who will be an Upstate progressive looking
