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City & State s must-read list of the most powerful people in New York City and Albany have been long standing institutions in New York. On May 10th, we are celebrating the New York labor sector, debuting our State Labor Power 100 list. The list will debut in a special issue recognizing and ranking top brass from government, labor unions, advocacy, academia, media, business and beyond. Be the first to know who made the cut and where they are ranked in the State Labor Power 100 specialty publication. Speakers
New York State Senator, District 13
Jessica Ramos has spent her life fighting for working families, advocating for labor, and organizing her local community. Born in Elmhurst to an undocumented seamstress and a printing pressman, Jessica was raised in Astoria, attended Queens public schools, and now lives in Jackson Heights with her two sons.
SUNY Oneonta Student Wins SUNY EOP Award
Teresa Gonzalez, a senior at SUNY Oneonta, has been chosen as a recipient of SUNY s 2020 Norman R. McConney, Jr. Award for Student Excellence. The award, which bears the name of the late Norman McConney, one of the architects of the statewide Educational Opportunity Program and a champion of youth empowerment, was established last year to celebrate EOP students who have overcome significant obstacles to achieve their educational and personal goals.
An Adolescence Education major with a concentration in Spanish, Teresa is passionate about addressing challenges and inequalities faced by English Language Learner students in the United States. After leaving her home in Mexico as a teenager and coming to the U.S., Teresa faced many obstacles. Learning English was a challenge, particularly because the school she transferred into could not adequately accommodate her needs. Because of this, Teresa aspires to work with ELL students in seventh through