NYS Counties Pass Resolutions In Favor of Maintaining the Farm Overtime Threshold at 60 hours and Eliminating the Farm Laborers Wage Board

Albany, NY – Numerous New York State counties have passed resolutions recently in favor of maintaining the overtime threshold at 60 hours for family farms and eliminating the Farm Laborers Wage Board. 

Those counties are listed below, in addition to the New York State Association of Counties, which passed a resolution in September, and the Inter-County Association of Western New York which represents 19 counties and passed a resolution earlier this year.

Cattaraugus County – Click here to view the resolution.

Cayuga County – Click here to view the resolution.

Chemung County – Click here to view the resolution.

Cortland County – Click here to view the resolution.

Erie County – Click here to view the resolution.

Delaware County – Click here to view the resolution.

Genesee County – Click here to view the resolution.

Greene County – Click here to view the resolution.

Jefferson County – Click here to view the resolution.

Livingston County – Click here to view the resolution.

Niagara County – Click here to view the resolution.

Orange County – Click here to view the resolution.

Orleans County – Click here to view the resolution.

St. Lawrence County – Click here to view the resolution.

Wyoming County – Click here to view the resolution.

Yates County – Click here to view the resolution.

New York State Association of Counties – Click here to view the resolution.

Inter-County Association of Western New York, which represents 19 counties – Click here to view the resolution.

Statement from the Grow NY Farms Coalition: “Agriculture is the foundation of our communities, providing necessary food and milk to school districts, food pantries, and families in every corner of the state. Our local governments, in addition to the state’s business community, continue to voice their concerns over a lower overtime threshold and the negative consequences that will be felt on our family farms and throughout New York’s food supply chain. In order to protect our local food supply and retain our skilled workers, Governor Hochul must intervene and halt Commissioner Reardon’s decision to lower the overtime threshold.”