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City Hall rally marks 20th Equal Pay Day; Speaker Julie Manning revives paid-disparity report
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Organizers, union leaders and elected officials gathered at City Hall for the 20th annual Equal Pay Day rally to urge immediate action on wage gaps; City Council Speaker Julie Manning announced the revival of the council's paid-disparity report and Attorney General Letitia James and labor leaders highlighted legal and data-based tools to close pay gaps.
At a 20th annual Equal Pay Day rally inside New York City Hall, organizers and elected officials urged renewed action to close gender and racial wage gaps and pushed for data-driven accountability from city agencies.
Bev Neufeld, president of Power New York and co-chair of the New York Equal Pay Campaign, opened the event and highlighted recent local figures: "It's 91¢ to the dollar here in New York," she said, adding that the figure falls to 81¢ when part-time workers are counted and that the average woman can lose roughly $10,000 a year because of the wage gap. "That is totally unacceptable," Neufeld said, calling for urgency on pay transparency and better pay for care workers.
Gloria Middleton, president of Communications Workers of America Local 1180, introduced New York State Attorney General Letitia James, saying labor and community groups have been "fighters…
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