Working Families

When the Swine Flu outbreak hit New York City, public health officials and even President Obama told us to stay home if we felt sick. But for the nearly one million New Yorkers who don’t have a single day of paid sick time where they work, staying home may not be an option.

In his State of the State address yesterday, Gov. Paterson called for “shared sacrifice” to get New York through one of the worst recessions we’ve seen in decades.

But the budget proposal the Governor presented…

Seen the details of Gov. Paterson’s proposed budget?

There are dozens of regressive taxes — on sugar, on car registrations, on health insurance, on clothes, on going to the movies, and even a tax on…