The following letter to the editor was originally published on September 12, 2022. The article on the Wage Board overtime recommendation quoted an activist as saying all the profits in agriculture are made on “…the backs of Black and brown…
Click here to download a recording of the Grow NY Farms virtual press conference Albany, NY – After today’s release of the Farm Laborers Wage Board report, members of the Grow NY Farms Coalition called on Governor Hochul and Department of Labor…
The Business Council of New York State, National Federation of Independent Business, and Upstate United sent a joint letter to Governor Hochul on August 29 urging her support of Senate Bill S.9509. This bill would repeal the act Section 674-a…
The following letter to the editor was published in the New York Daily News on Sunday, August 28, 2022. Don’t forget about the pressures on small farms New Paltz, N.Y.: Re “A farmer who’s for fair pay for farmworkers” (op-ed,…
The following Watertown Daily Times editorial was originally published on August 25, 2022. Like everyone else, farmers throughout New York have felt the pain of inflation. This has made the idea of lowering the overtime threshold for farm workers more…
The following op-ed was originally published in the Eagle Observer, Eagle Star Review, and Baldwinsville Messenger on August 24, 2022. New York Vegetable Growers: Are We Being Driven out of Business? Some of the best vegetables in the world are…
The following letter to the editor was originally published in the Batavia Daily News on August 20, 2022. To the Editor: The first time I came to the United States, I went to a farm in Delaware, then I went…
The original letter to the editor was published in the Buffalo News on August 10, 2022. I come to CY Farms in spring for the season and work here for four to eight months. We come for the money and…
Antonio Delgado, now Lieutenant Governor of New York, also Sent a Letter to Gov. Hochul Expressing Disapproval of the Farm Laborers Wage Board Recommendation Click here to Download Video From the News Conference; Click here for Photos Albany, NY –…
“Family farms across New York State congratulate Antonio Delgado on being sworn in as the state's new Lieutenant Governor. While representing the 19th Congressional District, Lieutenant Governor Delgado made numerous farm visits to speak with farmers and farmworkers, discussed challenges…