Home Health Care Workers Call On Hochul To End 24-Hour Shifts

Monday January 17, 2022 ADVERTISEMENT [Home Health Care Workers Call On Hochul To End 24-Hour Shifts]( [Home health aides and supporters rallied outside the Queens Public Library in Flushing Wednesday. They were there to thank Assemblyman Ron Kim for a recent report calling out a specific home care agency for its actions, and to call for an end to 24-hour home care shifts.]( [Aides who care for elderly and disabled New Yorkers in their homes are paid for 13 hours of each 24-hour shift — a policy that was upheld under Cuomo]( ADVERTISEMENT ICYMI: More Stories From Today [Portrait shot of Vanessa Gibson, the new Bronx borough president.]( [A Conversation With New Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson]( [Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson is the first Black woman elected to the post.]( [Man walks past a vote-by-mail drop box for the upcoming New Jersey primary election outside the Camden, N.J., Administration Building]( [Local NJ Democrats Want Election Ballot Reform, But Party Bosses Are Skeptical]( [Reformers seek to remove the so-called “county line” to establish greater equity in election contests.]( [Slot car racing inside Buzz-a-rama]( [Beloved Slot-Car Racing Spot Buzz-A-Rama Closes For Good, Son Of Owners Selling Inventory]( [The Brooklyn institution has been around since 1965.]( ADVERTISEMENT [Support Us]( [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]() [Gothamist]() [WNYC Studios]() [NJPR]( [WQXR]() [New Sounds]() Copyright © New York Public Radio, 160 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list.