Buffalo News Editorial
The Buffalo News printed an editorial December 12, 2021 calling for the New York State Farm Labor Wage Board to keep the 60-hour overtime threshold. It read in part, "For farming to remain viable in upstate New York, a state…
Grow NY Farms Statement on New Cornell Labor Report
Study finds New York farms and farmworkers will exit agriculture and state The following statement can be attributed to Grow NY Farms: “The Cornell University report makes it clear. Any lowering of the overtime threshold will unquestionably harm New…
NYFB President and Wage Board Member Says NYS Needs to Stay at 60
December is familiar territory when it comes to deciding the fate of the 60-hour farm labor overtime threshold. As you may recall, the New York State Farm Labor Wage Board voted two-to-one last New Year’s Eve to table the decision…
Farm community delivers 100’s of letters to Gov. Hochul asking her to maintain 60-hour compromise
ALBANY, NY – Today, farmers from the Grow NY Farms coalition travelled from across New York to the state’s Capitol to hand-deliver hundreds of letters to Governor Kathy Hochul. The letters, written by both farmers and farmworkers whose livelihoods are threatened…
Dairy farmer worries about the future of New York agriculture
Dairy farmer Jeff King told the Albany Times Union that a lower overtime threshold will be "the final nail in the coffin for small family-run farms like his." “If a farm worker came to me and said they only wanted…
Assembly Member Chris Tague opinion piece makes the case to stay at 60
New York State Assembly Member Chris Tague, who represents farm country in the Hudson and Schoharie Valleys, wrote an opinion piece in the NY Daily News. He highlighted that many farmworkers have already left New York State seeking more hours…
Long Island farmers speak about food access impacts should OT drop to 40.
LONG ISLAND, NY – Today, Long Island Farm Bureau representatives and coalition members from Grow NY Farms met with state officials and local farmers to discuss the imminent Wage Board decision that threatens to decrease the overtime threshold from 60…
Press Republican Editorial Says to Keep OT Threshold at 60 hours
The Plattsburgh Press Republican makes a strong case for maintaining the current 60-hour farm labor threshold. "While the idea of lowering the threshold for farmworkers earning overtime wages is good in principle, now is probably not the time to enact…
Grow NY Farms Warns of Lost Diversity on Thanksgiving Table
ALBANY,NY—Today, local farmers and farmworkers from across New York State warned state officials and all New Yorkers this Thanksgiving risks being the last with diverse and abundant locally grown New York products that we’ve all come to love. An imminent…
New Farm Credit East Report Highlights Negative Impacts to Lower OT Threshold
NEW YORK – Farm Credit East recently released a report forecasting a poor economic future for the agriculture sector if the state lowers the farmworker overtime threshold from 60 hours to 40 hours. The report concluded that a 40-hour overtime threshold will ultimately…