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Council Member Avilés advocates for state legislation to address child poverty
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Council Member Alexa Avilés speaks in support of state legislation S2082/A3474, which aims to provide tax benefits to families with children up to age 17. She emphasizes the importance of this bill in addressing rising child poverty rates since 2021 and countering federal government actions that negatively impact working families.
- The legislation is presented as a way for the state to lead where the federal government has failed.
- Avilés highlights the urgency of state action in light of ongoing federal "attacks" on working families.
- She thanks her colleagues, including the speaker and chair Ayala, as well as state Senator Gennardis for their support and focus on working families.
Alexa Avilés
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Thank you, madam majority leader.
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I know many of us have worked in some form or fashion on addressing and reversing childhood poverty trends that have impacted our districts and children across the city.
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Through this state legislation s two zero eight two eight thirty four seventy four, we have the opportunity to lead where the federal government has failed by increasing to support those families most in need.
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Under this legislation, tax benefits would be offered to all families with children through the age of 17.
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If passed, the state will begin to chip away at the massive increase in child poverty rates since 2021, which impacts so many of our communities.
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With the federal government again launching attacks on working families, not only in this city, but across the country every single day, our state needs to step up now.
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I wanna thank you all for your vote today, and I particularly wanna thank the speaker and chair Ayala, as well as many of the co sponsors, and thank you to senator Gennardis for centering working families at the state level.
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Thank you.