Today's State of the State address from @NYGovCuomo includes some major announcements regarding child care, domestic violence, and efforts to support women as we recover from the pandemic. https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-outlines-2021-agenda-reimagine-rebuild-renew

. @NYGovCuomo will invest $40 mil to reduce the burden of parent subsidy copays to help approximately 32,000 working families. Ensure that no NY family pays more than 20 percent of their income above the federal poverty level for a child care subsidy co-pay.

. @NYGovCuomo will invest $6 million for start-up grants to create programs in child care deserts and increase value of the Employer-Provided Child Care Credit

. @NYGovCuomo is creating new toolkit to provide guidance and assistance to businesses helping employees access child care for their employees and will establish permanent child care sector workgroups within REDCs.

. @NYGovCuomo will also establish a new Excelsior Child Care Investment Tax Credit available to recipients of the Excelsior Tax Credit as a bonus incentive to create and provide child care services for employees and their families.

Additionally, @NYGovCuomo will adopt the Child Care Availability Task Force recommendations to standardize and modernize the child care subsidy system to eliminate waste, duplication, and confusing rules for families.

And as he announced last week, @NYGovCuomo is proposing a package on domestic violence that continues to center survivors and the programs that serve them. https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-comprehensive-package-combat-domestic-violence-and-gender-based