{"id":41354,"date":"2026-09-09T18:49:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/?p=41354"},"modified":"2026-09-09T18:49:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:49:48","slug":"governor-hochul-highlights-labor-and-workforce-accomplishments-to-make-new-york-more-affordable-and-enhance-worker-protections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/41354","title":{"rendered":"Governor Hochul highlights labor and workforce accomplishments to make New York more affordable and enhance worker protections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEWYORK: Governor Kathy Hochul highlighted key achievements in New York State&#8217;s mission to support and empower its workforce and protect working New Yorkers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Governor Hochul has worked hard to ensure New York State is a safe, affordable place to live, work, and raise a family. This year, she has successfully strengthened worker protections, enhanced Tier 6 retirement benefits, signed legislation to improve the workers\u2019 compensation system, and expanded access to free community college for adult learners in high-growth industries.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Governor continues to lead aggressive efforts to combat wage theft and guarantee safe working conditions, delivering on her promise to champion New York&#8217;s labor force.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince day one, my administration has stood shoulder to shoulder with New York\u2019s workers,\u201d Governor Hochul said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have raised the minimum wage, strengthened prevailing wage, cracked down on wage theft, expanded workforce protections, created new pathways to good-paying jobs through workforce training and free community college for adult learners in high-demand fields. This Labor Day, I am proud to celebrate our labor movement as we continue to fight for the people who make New York State stronger, safer and keep us moving forward every day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYORK: Governor Kathy Hochul highlighted key achievements in New York State&#8217;s mission to support and empower its workforce and protect working New Yorkers. Governor Hochul has worked hard to ensure New York State is a safe, affordable place to live, work, and raise a family. This year, she has successfully strengthened worker protections, enhanced Tier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1469,31,1378],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-york","category-news","category-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41355,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41354\/revisions\/41355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}