“It's a basic question of equality and fairness to have one category of workers left out," said Jessica Maxwell, Executive Director at The Workers Center of Central.
Now that summer has arrived, New York’s deep collection of growers are busy at work, harvesting its finest produce over the next few months.
According to the USDA’s most recent Ag Census, there were 33,438 farms in New York State and 6,866,171 acres in production, with the state being among the top five in grapes, green peas and squash.