New York Is Expanding Paid Sick Leave for Workers Under Quarantine for COVID-19

An emergency paid sick leave bill giving mandatory sick leave for many employees with COVID-19 or under government-order quarantine related to the outbreak has passed in the State Senate.
The bill comes after state lawmakers and Governor Andrew Cuomo came to an agreement on Tuesday after uncertainties of whether the state legislature could fast-track high-priority bills like paid sick leave during the pandemic. Confirmed cases of coronavirus have reached 2,382 in the state as of Wednesday.Read more at Gothamist >>