Laborpress, By Joe Maniscalco, August 7, 2013. New York, NY - With someone turning 65 every eight seconds - and about one million more New Yorkers soon to be in need of some level of in-home care - the time to transform the city’s vital, yet deeply troubled, home care system is now, say the authors of an alarming new report just out this week.
WGRZ, By Jon Campbell, August 7, 2013. ALBANY A new program to extend tax-free benefits to certain businesses caused the state to downgrade its revenue projections by $323 million through March 2017, according to new estimates from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget office.
ALIGN and the NY Care Council released a groundbreaking survey report on New York City’s current and anticipated home care needs. Findings from more than 1,200 surveys, as well as focus groups and interviews, reveal aspects of the home care system that are in greatest need of change.
Think Progress, By Bryce Covert, August 6, 2013. Over 90 percent of domestic workers and 60 percent of home care workers in New York City earn less than $25,000 a year, according to a new report from the Alliance for a Greater New York. Even worse, nearly 40 percent of domestic workers and 30 percent of home care workers earn less than $15,000.
WNYC, By Stephen Nessen, August 06, 2013. The majority of the city's home health care aides are earning poverty or near poverty wages, according to a new report from the health care advocacy coalition Alliance for a Greater New York. The report finds 62 percent of those surveyed earn less than $25,000 a year.