Commentary: Bruce Lesley - Children are an issue that can unite country
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Joe Biden was inaugurated on Jan. 20 as our nation’s 46th president. But the insurrection at the Capitol aimed at derailing this process made clear that our new chief executive’s first order of business will be overcoming a historic divide.
President Biden must breach seemingly intractable differences over values, priorities and even facts themselves if he is to tackle the country’s growing crises of inequity, poverty, the economy and a raging pandemic. Fortunately, there is an issue around which he can rally almost all Americans: The well-being of our nation’s 74 million children.
Joe Biden will be inaugurated today as our nation’s 46th president. But the insurrection at the Capitol aimed at derailing this process made clear that our new chief executive’s first
By Susan Arbetter Albany/Capital Region PUBLISHED 3:42 PM ET Dec. 21, 2020 PUBLISHED 3:42 PM EST Dec. 21, 2020
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Back in 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, which enshrined an ambitious climate goal into statute, and created a Climate Action Council to develop recommendations to meet those targets.
A new bill, sponsored by Senator Jessica Ramos and Assemblymember Harry Bronson, would use the same strategy to combat child poverty.
The Child Poverty Reduction Act (S.9012/A.11063) aims to cut child poverty in half by 2030. Just as the Climate Act required the state to put its goals into statute, so does the CPRA.