Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, accompanied by, from left, state Sen. Jessica Ramos, D-Queens, Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, D-Queens and Kerry Kennedy, far right, with daughters Cara Kennedy Cuomo and Mariah Kennedy Cuomo, signs New York’s first Farm Bill into law during a ceremony in the lower Manhattan newsroom of the New York Daily News today. Photo: Kevin P. Coughlin/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
Farmworkers in New York will now have a host of new labor protections enshrined into state law, including the right to organize, after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation aimed at boosting workers’ rights in the agriculture industry.
The legislation gained momentum this year after a state appellate court in Albany decided that farmworkers were legally entitled to collective bargaining rights in New York.
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