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Treat Paid Time Off As Worker Necessity

By JUMAANE WILLIAMS
Posted 6/3/19

It’s time to give New Yorkers a break.

It’s clear to me that too often, Americans are overworked and undervalued. New York City should lead the way on workers’ rights, especially amid a national environment that treats those workers less like people and more like a commodity or a talking point. Every employee deserves paid time off to address their health, family and other fundamental life needs—to say nothing of a vacation.

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