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WPA-Style Plan to Help NY Economy? Supporters Say Hire for Green, Ag, Arts Projects for Recovery
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Could New York use a New Deal-style program to bring jobs to the flood of people who lost employment due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Senator Rachel May is taking the idea to the State Senate, while Assembly Member Patricia Fahy introduced the bill in the house.