A Few Highlights of the Significant Media Coverage in March 2013 Regarding the New York City Paid Sick Days Campaign and City Council Agreement

• VIDEO: The Big Apple's Big Deal on Paid Sick Leave, MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts (March 29, 2013) 
• New York Times Editorial: A Prescription for Sick Workers, New York Times (March 29, 2013)
• Deal Reached to Force Paid Sick Leave in New York City, Michael Barbaro and Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times (March 28, 2013)

Media Coverage from January to February 2013

• New York Times Editorial: A Vote on Sick Leave in New York City, New York Times (Feb. 26, 2013)
• Paid Sick Leave Pays for Itself: So Why Is NYC’s Mayoral Hopeful Blocking It?, Sarah Jaffe, RH Reality Check (Feb. 26, 2013)
• Paid Sick Leave Advocates Rally Women to Pressure Quinn, Anna Sale, WNYC (Feb. 25, 2013)
• Elected Officials Push For Sick Leave Requirement Bill In NYC, CBS News New York (Feb. 25, 2013)
• Female Politicians Pressure Christine Quinn to Vote on Paid Sick Days Bill, Katie J.M. Baker, Jezebel (Feb. 25, 2013)
• Elected Officials Rally for Paid Sick Leave, NY1 (Feb. 25, 2013)
• Female Pols Push Quinn for Sick-Days Vote, Alison Bowen, Metro (Feb. 25, 2013)
• 15 Women Politicians Rally for Sick Days/ Thank You Gloria Steinem, Katie Halper, Feministing (Feb. 25, 2013)
• Women Pols Will Rally Christine Quinn to Support Paid Sick Day Bill as Speaker Stalls, Erin Durkin, New York Daily News (Feb. 24, 2013)
• VIDEO: Update on Speaker Quinn, Gloria Steinem, and Paid Sick Time, Chris Hayes, MSNBC - Up with Chris Hayes (Feb. 22, 2013)
• Opposition to Paid Sick Leave Costs Christine Quinn Some High-Profile Support, Laura Clawson, Daily Kos (Feb. 22, 2013)
• Winners: Gloria Steinem in Winners and Losers, City & State (Feb. 22, 2013)
• Gloria Steinem Pressures NYC Speaker Christine Quinn On Paid Sick Leave Bill, Laura Basett, Huffington Post (Feb. 21, 2013)
• In New York Mayor Race, Democrats Court Immigrants' Votes, Janell Ross, Huffington Post (Feb. 21, 2013)
• Ad in the New York Times (Women Leaders Calling for Paid Sick Time Vote), New York Times (Feb. 21, 2013)
• Mash-Up: Feb. 21, 2013, Chris Bragg, Crain's New York Insider (Feb. 21, 2013)
• A Feminist's Litmus Test For Quinn, Azi Paybarah, Capital New York (Feb. 21, 2013)
• Quinn Continues To Block Paid Sick Days Vote, Incurring Gloria Steinem's Wrath, Garth Johnston, Gothamist (Feb. 21, 2013)
• Supporting Christine Quinn Is Not as Important as Supporting NYC’s Working Women, Katie J.M. Baker, Jezebel (Feb. 21, 2013)
• Steinem’s Support for Quinn as Mayor Depends on Sick-Leave Bill, Michael Grynbaum, New York Times (Feb. 20, 2013)
• VIDEO: Are Lack of Paid Sick Days to Blame for Norovirus?, Chris Hayes, MSNBC - Up with Chris Hayes (Feb. 9, 2013)
• Sick Leave Bill Pressed by Workers’ Groups, Citing Flu, Ramiro S. Funez, Queens Chronicle (Feb. 7, 2013)
• Corporate Front Group Spreads Nonsense Research Against Paid Sick Days, Sarah Jane Glynn, ThinkProgress (February 7, 2013)
• Elmhurst Worker Fired for Single Sick Day, Alexa Altman, Queens Courier (Feb. 6, 2013)
• Op-Ed: In the Kitchen, Injustice Thrives, Saru Jayaraman, New York Daily News (Feb. 6, 2013)
• Quinn Continues To Ignore Overwhelming Support for Paid Sick Leave Act, Joe Maniscalco, Labor Press (Feb. 2, 2013)
• Video: Queens Man Says He Was Fired From His Job After Calling Out Sick With The Flu, Ali Wolf, NY1 (Jan. 31, 2013)
• America’s Sick Restaurant Workers Are Contributing to This Country’s Disease Outbreaks, Hugh Merwin, Grub Street New York (Jan. 31, 2013)
• Cynthia Nixon Endorses Bill de Blasio over Christine Quinn — Positions on Paid Sick Leave Deciding Factor, Kristen A. Lee, New York Daily News (Jan. 28, 2013)
• Cynthia Nixon Endorses de Blasio, Criticizes Quinn Over Paid Sick Leave, Azi Paybarah, Capital New York (Jan. 27, 2013)
• It Shouldn't Take a Brutal Flu Season to Win Paid Sick Days, New York Employment Attorneys Blog, The Harman Firm, P.C. (Jan. 23, 2013)
• VIDEO: Americans Without Sick Days Work Through the Flu, The Today Show (Jan. 22, 2013)
• Flu Outbreak: Why Paid Sick Days Matter, Shamus Khan, TIME (Jan. 22, 2013)
• Doctors Orders: Pass Paid Sick Time Now! Joe Maniscalco, Labor Press (Jan. 21, 2013)
• Flu Season Even Tougher for Those Without Paid Sick Time, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press (published in New York Daily News, among other periodicals)(Jan. 20, 2013)
• Push On To Require Sick Days In New York City Amid Flu Epidemic, CBS New York Local (Jan. 19, 2013)
• Op-Ed: Blame City Law for Your Nasty Flu, Sarah Jane Glynn And Jane Farrell, New York Daily News (Jan. 18, 2013)
• Sick Workers' Dilemma: Stay Home Or Go To Work? Ailsa Chang, NPR (Jan. 16, 2013)
• AUDIO: Paid Sick Leave Meets Flu Season, The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC (Jan. 15, 2013)
• A Renewed Push for Paid Sick Leave Amidst Severe Flu, Brigid Bergin and Marc Garber, WNYC (Jan. 13, 2013)
• De Blasio Calls For Sick Leave Protections As Flu Pounds Area, CBS New York Local (Jan. 12, 2013)
• Cuomo Declares Flu Emergency in New York State, The Daily News (Jan. 12, 2013)
• DeBlasio Calls for Passing Paid Sick Leave Law, Glenn Wilburn, FOX NY (Jan. 12, 2013)
• Flu Prevention? Try Paid Sick Days, Ellen Bravo, Huffington Post (Jan. 11, 2013)

Media Coverage from August to December 2012

• New York Times Editorials: Sick Leave in New York (Oct. 2012) & Working While Sick (Aug. 2012)
• Roaming Far Afield, Liu Talks of Wages and Sick Pay, David W. Chen, New York Times (Dec. 20, 2012)
• Labor to Squeeze Council Speaker, Andrew J. Hawkins, Crain's New York (Dec. 16, 2012)
• All New Yorkers Need Paid Sick Leave, Ruben Diaz Jr., Huffington Post (Nov. 27, 2012) (Spanish Language version from El Diario here)
• Waiting Out the Storm,  Sarah LeTrent, CNN.com Eatocracy (Nov. 6, 2012)
• Could Sandy Delay Paid Sick Leave Push?, Chris Bragg, Crain's New York (Nov. 6, 2012)
• Rabbis Pressure Christine Quinn Over Sick Leave, Josh Nathan-Kazis, The Jewish Daily Forward (Oct. 25, 2012)
• Evening Roundup, Including Report on Paid Sick Days Rally, Colin Campbell, Politicker (Oct. 24, 2012)
• 2 Women in Queens and Many Others Find a Sick Day Could Mean They’re Fired, Michael Powell, New York Times (Oct. 22, 2012)
• Public Advocate Bill de Blasio accuses Council Speaker of Lacking 'Guts' to Allow Vote on Paid Sick Days Bill, Erin Durkin, New York Daily News (Oct. 19, 2012)
• Labor-Backed Study Gets Labor-Approved Results, Andrew J. Hawkins, Crain's New York (Oct. 17, 2012)
• Christine Quinn’s Stance on Paid Sick Leave Unhealthy for her Mayoral Hopes, Albor Ruiz, New York Daily News (Oct. 14, 2012)
  
• Is a Paid-Sick-Leave Deal in Works?, Andrew J. Hawkins and Chris Bragg, Crain's New York (Oct. 14, 2012)
• Wealthy Women Pressure Quinn on Paid Sick Days, Crain's New York Insider (Oct. 11, 2012)
• Whose Interests Does Quinn Represent? El Diario New York Editorial (Oct. 10, 2012)
• Campaigning for Care, Nancy Folbre, New York Times Economix Blog (Oct. 8, 2012)
  
• Paid Sick Leave: It’s Not Just an Economic Issue, Elinor Tatum, Amsterdam News Editorial (Oct. 7, 2012)
• Quinn Quandary over Sick-Leave Bill, Erin Durkin, New York Daily News (Oct. 6, 2012)
• Sick-pay Momentum Impacts Business Groups, Chris Bragg, Crain's New York (Oct. 4, 2012)
• New Yorkers March to Support Paid Sick Leave, Maggie Freleng, Women's ENews (Oct. 4, 2012)
• Working Parents Continue Push For Paid Sick Leave Legislation, NY1 News (Oct. 4, 2012)
• Quinn Under Pressure to Pass New York City Sick Leave Bill, Kristen Meriwether, Epoch Times (Oct. 4, 2012)
• Even Scott Stringer’s 10-Month-Old Son Wants Christine Quinn to Allow a Vote on Paid Sick Days, Colin Campbell, Politicker (Oct. 4, 2012)
• ‘Sick Day’ Activists Target Quinn, Sally Goldenberg, New York Post (Oct. 4, 2012)
• Small Businesses Push Quinn to Support Paid Sick Leave Proposal, Paul DeBenedetto, DNAinfo (Oct. 3, 2012)
• Business Pushes Back as Paid Sick Leave Compromise Advances, Aaron Short, City & State (Oct. 3, 2012)
• Devaluing Care Work — and Women, Irin Carmon, Salon (Oct. 1, 2012)
• City Public Advocate Calls for Immediate Passage of Paid Sick Leave Measure, CBS New York (Sept. 29, 2012)
• Weakened, Council Bill on Sick Days Gains Favor, David Chen, New York Times (Sept. 27, 2012)
• Council Candidates Pledge Paid-Sick-Leave Support, Chris Bragg, Crain's New York (Sept. 25, 2012)
• Mayor’s Tale of Recovery Hasn’t Been Reality for Some, Michael Powell, New York Times (Sept. 24, 2012)
• 25 City Council Hopefuls Sign Off On Support For Paid Sick Leave Legislation, Celeste Katz, New York Daily News - Daily Politics (Sept. 21, 2012)
• Health Practitioners and City Council Members Push for Paid Sick Time, Timothy Weisberg, Pavement Pieces (Sept. 19, 2012)
• Doctors, Nurses to Urge Speaker Quinn to Pass Paid Sick Leave Bill, Stephanie Slepian, Staten Island Advance (Sept. 19, 2012)
• Arroyo Weighs in on Paid Sick Days Bill, Morgan Pehme, City & State (Sept. 10, 2012)
• Op-Ed: Skimping on Sick Days in Sick, Cliff Stanton, The Riverdale Press (Sept. 5, 2012)
• Sick Bill Battle Reaches New Level, Michael Howard Saul, Wall Street Journal (Aug. 31, 2012)
• Central Labor Council Pushes Paid Sick Time Bill, Celeste Katz, New York Daily News - Daily Politics (Aug. 30, 2012)
• Advocates Dodge Right to Discharge Bill over Speaker's Objections, Andy Humm, Gotham Gazette (Aug. 29, 2012)
• A Champion of Paid Sick Leave Argues for Patience with Christine Quinn, Dana Rubinstein, Capital New York (Aug. 28, 2012)
• Op-Ed (Spanish language): Hay Que Luchar Por Los Días de Enfermedad Pagados, Lucas Sánchez, El Diario (Aug. 27, 2012)
• The Unsavory Consequences of Serving While Sick, Michelle Chen, Open City (Aug. 24, 2012)
• City Hall Rally to Demonstrate Worker’s Death as Living Symbol of Struggle for Paid Sick Days, Albor Ruiz, New York Daily News (Aug. 22, 2012)
• Supporters of Dead NYer Call for Paid Sick Leave, Samantha Gross, Associated Press (in Wall Street Journal, Newsday, CBS News, FOX News) (Aug. 22, 2012)albor
• Ralliers For Paid Sick Days Draw From Supermarket Worker's Death, Jeanine Ramirez, NY1 (Aug. 22, 2012)
• Sick Pay Advocates Accuse Christine Quinn of Deadly Foot-Dragging, Jill Colvin, DNAinfo (Aug. 22, 2012)
• Clergy, Workers, And Labor Activists Hold Prayer Rally For New Yorker Who Died After Being Denied Paid Sick Leave, Tara Culp-Ressler, Think Progress (Aug. 22, 2012)
• Advocates Push City Council to Vote on Sick Day Leave, Deborah Young, Staten Island Advance (Aug. 22, 2012)
• Paid sick day proponents fear weakened bill could be passed in NYC, Sally Goldenberg, New York Post (Aug. 22, 2012)
• Op-Ed: Paid Sick Time Act a Healthy Choice for City, Councilmember Diana Reyna, New York Daily News (Aug. 20, 2012)
• U.S. Trails World In Paid Time Off As 40% Don’t Get Money, Frank Bass, Bloomberg (Aug. 17, 2012)
  
• Op-Ed: Paid Sick Leave is Good for Business, Nancy Rankin, New York Daily News (Aug. 16, 2012)
• Most New Yorkers Think They Deserve Paid Sick Days, Survey Says, Garth Johnston, Gothamist (Aug. 16, 2012)
• Poll: Voters Don't See the Harm in a Sick-Day Mandate, Azi Paybarah, Capital New York (Aug. 16, 2012)
• Quinn Feels the Heat Over Paid Sick Leave, Paul Schindler, Gay City News (Aug. 15, 2012)
• Op-Ed: Christine Quinn Should Move on Paid Sick Leave, Amber Hollibaugh and Brandon Lacy Campos, Gay City News (Aug. 15, 2012)
• No Sick Day For You! Love, @RupertMurdoch, HuffPo Live (Aug. 14, 2012)
• Forty Join Women For Paid Sick Leave Campaign, Celeste Katz, New York Daily News - Daily Politics (Aug. 13, 2012)
• The Public Health Case for Paid Sick Days, Cristian Salazar, Gotham Gazette (Aug. 13, 2012)
• Park Slope Restaurant Owner May Not Be an Ideal Critic of the Sick-Leave Bill, Azi Paybarah, Capital New York (Aug. 13, 2012)
• Paid Sick Leave, New York Times - Letters to the Editor (Aug. 12, 2012)
• MAP: On Paid Sick Leave, NYC Tries to Join the Rest of the World, Erika Eichelberger, Mother Jones (Aug. 10, 2012)
• De Blasio Nudges Quinn on Paid Sick Bill, Colin Campbell, Politicker (Aug. 8, 2012)
• Pressure Mounts for Speaker Quinn to Allow Vote on Paid Sick Days Act, Albor Ruiz, New York Daily News (Aug. 8, 2012)
• Labor Plans to ‘Sick’ Gays on Christine, Sally Goldenberg, New York Post (Aug. 8, 2012)
• Sick-Pay Vote Demonstrates Quinn's Power, Michael Howard Saul, Wall Street Journal (Aug. 7, 2012)
• Vote Nay on Sick Pay, Biz Bosses tell Quinn, Sally Goldenberg, New York Post (Aug. 7, 2012)
• Rupert Murdoch Calls Paid Sick Leave ‘Absurd’, Annie-Rose Strasser, ThinkProgress (Aug. 6, 2012)
• From Gun Control to Paid Sick Leave, Progressives Don't Wait for Washington, Justin Krebs, WNYC (Aug. 6, 2012)
• Groups Advocating Paid Sick Day Bill Will Target 500,000 New Yorkers by Email Asking Them to Urge Speaker Quinn to Allow Vote, Erin Durkin, New York Daily News (Aug. 5, 2012)
  
• Fired Worker Attends Paid Sick Days Rally, Albor Ruiz, New York Daily News (Aug. 1, 2012)
• Workers Demand Law for Paid Sick Leave in Elmhurst, Aviva Wolf, Queens Beat (Aug. 1, 2012)
• Need Paid Sick Leave? Feminists Got Your Back, Lori Adelman, Feministing (Aug. 1, 2012)
• Ferreras Introduces Sick-Day Plan to Protect Workers, Karen Frantz, Times Ledger (Aug. 1, 2012)
• Workers and Activists Rally for Paid Sick Days, Georgia Kral, MetroFocus, New York Public Media (Aug. 1, 2012)
• Spanish Language: Concejo debate plan para dar días de enfermedad a trabajadores, Juan Mattossian, El Diario (Aug. 1, 2012)

Media Coverage from July 2012

• Advocates Connect Paid Sick Days to Women Here, There, and Everywhere, Colin Campbell, Politicker (July 27, 2012)
• In Bloomberg's Healthy NYC, Still Afraid to Take (on) Sick Days, Nancy Scola, The Atlantic (July 26, 2012)
• Ignoring the Facts on Paid Sick Days, Nancy Rankin, Community Service Society (July 26, 2012)
• Women for Paid Sick Days, Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation (July 24, 2012)
• Paid-Sick-Leave Fight Escalates in New York City, Expands Across the Nation, Josh Eidelson, In These Times (July 23, 2012)
• What You Need to Know: Chris Hayes on Gloria Steinem's Paid Sick Days Call, MSNBC (July 22, 2012)
• Never Mind the Bubbly, Some Can’t Buy Groceries, Ginia Bellafante, New York Times (July 21, 2012)
• Susan Sarandon Joins Paid Sick Leave Debate, James Arkin, New York Daily News/Daily Politics (July 20, 2012)
• Paid Sick Day Advocates Pester Susan Sarandon Over Her Mayoral Pick [Update: Successfully!], Colin Campbell, Politicker (July 20, 2012)
• Christine Quinn's Risk-Averse 2013 Strategy, Chris Smith, New York Magazine (July 20, 2012)
• Op-Ed: Give New Yorkers Paid Sick Days, Ai-jen Poo and Shelby Knox, New York Daily News (July 19, 2012)
• Video: Sick Pay Advocates Make Their Case, NY1 Inside City Hall (July 18, 2012)
• Sick Leave for More Than 1.65 Million New Yorkers Being Blocked by Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Laura Clawson, Daily Kos (July 18, 2012)
• Steinem: Bring Sick Leave Bill to a Vote, Associated Press (July 18, 2012)
• Women Rally for Paid Sick Days, NY1 (July 18, 2012)
• Chris Quinn Faces Renewed Paid Sick Days Push, Celeste Katz, New York Daily News/Daily Politics (July 18, 2012)
• Gloria Steinem Backs Christine Quinn, On One Condition, Azi Paybarah, Capital New York (July 18, 2012)
• Women Rally for Paid Sick Days, Zachary Stieber, The Epoch Times (July 18, 2012)
• Steinem Presses Quinn to Back Sick-Leave Bill, Kate Taylor, New York Times (July 17, 2012)

Media Coverage from January 2011 to June 2012

• Paid Sick Days Act Makes Business Sense, Says Report by Small Business United, Albor Ruiz, New York Daily News (June 6, 2012)
• Immigrant Rights Groups Pressure Erik Dilan on Paid Sick Days, Colin Campbell, NY Observer/Politicker NY (May 9, 2012)
• Community Protests ‘Sick and Fired’ Policy at Golden Farm, Caribbean Life (May 2, 2012)
• Some Business Leaders Still Fighting Basic Worker Protection Like Paid Sick Leave, David R. Jones, Huffington Post (Apr. 30, 2012)
• NYC Needs Paid Sick Days, Not Lame Excuses, Apurva Mehrotra, City Limits (Apr. 3, 2012)
• Op-Ed: Pols Argue Paid Sick Time is a RX for Healthy Workers, Business and City Economy, Rep. Nydia Velazquez and Councilwoman Diana Reyna, New York Daily News (Apr. 2, 2012)
• Rep. Nydia Velázquez and Councilwoman Diana Reyna Throw Support Behind Paid Sick Days Bill, Albor Ruiz, New York Daily News (Mar. 28, 2012)
• Protesters Outside Capital Grille On 42nd Street Fight For Paid Sick Leave, Maria Diamond, CBS News (Mar. 28, 2012)
• Capital Grille Protest Turns Political, Lisa Fickenscher, Crain's New York (Mar. 27, 2012)
• New York City Workers Protest Darden Restaurants for Paid Sick Days, Marcy Franklin, The Daily Meal (Mar. 27, 2012)
• Velazquez, Reyna to Push Quinn on Sick Day Pay, Celeste Katz, New York Daily News/Daily Politics (Mar. 23, 2012)
• Business Owners, Lawmakers Champion Bill for Paid Sick Days, Joe Parziale, New York Daily News (Mar. 13, 2012)
• Paid Sick Days Get Serious Backing, Queens Courier (Mar. 13, 2012)
• New Mandates for Paid Sick Leave Raise Hackles, Martha C. White, MSNBC (Mar. 1, 2012)
• 2013 Politics Revive Paid Sick Leave, Chris Bragg, City & State NY (Feb. 17, 2012)
• Offering Paid Sick Time Could Save the City Money, Report Says, Mary Johnson, DNAInfo (Feb. 17, 2012)
• Advocates: Paid Sick Days Would Cut ER Costs, Celeste Katz, New York Daily News/Daily Politics (Feb. 16, 2012)
• Quinn and Bloomberg's Roller-Coaster Relationship, John Farley, Metro Focus (Feb. 13, 2012)
• A million workers lacking paid sick days is a growing shame of the city, Albor Ruiz, New York Daily News (Feb. 3, 2012)
• Gran porcentaje de trabajadores en EU no puede darse el lujo de faltar al trabajo (Spanish-language Video), Univision (Feb. 2, 2012)
• Quinn’s Friendship With Lobbyist May Pose Test in Mayor Bid, Kate Taylor and David W. Chen, New York Times (Feb. 1, 2012)
• Restaurant Workers' Group Releases Ethical Eating Guide, Abbie Fentress Swanson, WNYC (Jan. 31, 2012)
• Interview with Nancy Rankin on Still Sick in the City, WBAI (Jan. 31, 2012)
• Some Eateries Serving Up the Flu With Lunch, Emily Anne Epstein, Metro (Jan. 29, 2012)
• Paid Sick Leave: The Time Has Come, David. R. Jones, NY Amsterdam News (Jan. 19-25, 2012)
• The Right to Be Sick, Editorial, El Diario (Jan. 19, 2012) for Spanish, click here.
• Nuevo remedio para medida sobre días de enfermedad, Annie Correal (Jan. 19, 2012)
• Dozens Rally by City Hall to Revive Bill for Paid Sick Days, Michael Herzenberg, NY1 (Jan. 18, 2012)
• The Next Big Progressive Fight, Colin Campbell, NY Observer/Politicker NY (Jan. 18, 2012)
• Paid Sick Days are Back in City Council Spotlight, Daniel Massey, Crain's New York (Jan. 18, 2012)
• A Coming Compromise on NYC Paid Sick Leave?, Celeste Katz, New York Daily News/Daily Politics (Jan. 18, 2012)
• They Labor for Sick Days Bill, Celeste Katz, New York Daily News (Jan. 18, 2012)
• Rally for Paid Sick Time: Brooklyn Review, Brooklyn Independent Television (Nov. 2, 2011)
• Kensington Rally Re-ignites Debate On Paid Sick Leave, Zach Campbell, Brooklyn Eagle (Oct. 19, 2011)
• Legislative Logjam In City Council Prompts Frustration, Courtney Gross, NY1 (June 27, 2011)
• Sick-Pay Votes Boost Bill in NYC, Daniel Massey, Crain's New York (June 3, 2011)

Media Coverage from 2010

• Diagnosing A Defeat: Why The Sick Leave Bill Failed, Neil deMause, City Limits (Dec. 21, 2010)
• Council Speaker Christine Quinn kills mandatory sick days bill, sides with businesses despite polls, Juan Gonzalez, NY Daily News (Oct. 15, 2010)
• Una decisión enfermiza, El Diario (Oct. 15, 2010)
• Quinn Pressed on Sick-Pay Bill, Daniel Massey, Crain's New York (Oct. 15, 2010)
• Council Speaker Shelves a Sick-Leave Bill, Patrick McGeehan, New York Times (Oct. 14, 2010)
• Too Bad Mayor Bloomberg was Never a Working Mother, Amy Impellizzeri, Huffington Post (Oct. 13, 2010)
• Paid Sick Leave Study Sparks Fevered Debate, Michael Howard Saul, WallStreet Journal (Sept. 28, 2010)
• Dueling Numbers on Sick Leave, Gail Robinson, Gotham Gazette (Sept. 28, 2010)
• Study's Cost of Paid Sick Leave: $789M a Year, Daniel Massey, Crain'sNew York (Sept. 27, 2010)
• NYC Paid Sick Leave Rally Draws Crowds, Opposition and Gloria Steinem, Amy Impellizzeri, MomsRising (Aug. 26, 2010)
• Paid Sick Leave The Brian Lehrer Show, WYNC (May 13, 2010)
• Más cerca pago por enfermedad El Diario, (May 12, 2010)
• Paid Sick Leave Has Ample Support in City Council Ilya Marritz, WNYC (May 12, 2010)
• City's Sick-Pay Plan: A Battle of Perspective Wall Street Journal, (May 11, 2010)
• Paid Sick Time Act Gets Second Hearing Helena Zhu, Epoch Times (May 11, 2010)
• Public Hearing on Controversial Paid Sick Leave Bill Draws Packed Crowd DNAinfo (May 11, 2010)
• Sick Leave Bill Reintroduced, May Burden Businesses, Jack Phillips, Epoch Times (Mar. 26, 2010)
• 9-day 'paid sick leave' law push, Sally Goldberg, New York Post (Mar. 26, 2010)
• Activists Push for Sick Days Reform, Bob Hennelly, WNYC (Mar. 26, 2010)
• Paid Sick Days: A Healthy Business Climate for NYC, John Petro, Huffington Post (Mar. 25, 2010)
• Sick Leave Back at the Council, Courtney Gross, Gotham Gazette (Mar. 25, 2010)
• A Right to Be Sick, Gail Robinson, Gotham Gazette (Mar. 25, 2010)
• NYC Sick-Days Bill Set to be Reintroduced, Daniel Massey, Crain's New York (Mar. 24, 2010)
• Paid Sick Time Would Help, Not Burden, All Businesses, Council Member Domenic Recchia, NY Daily News (Jan. 26, 2010)

Media Coverage from 2009

• The Need for Paid Sick Leave, Council Member Sara Gonzalez, El Barrio (Dec. 10, 2009)
• Businesses rip mandate on sick days, Sally Goldenberg, NY Post (Nov. 18, 2009)
• Gloria Steinem Supports Paid Sick Days, Video (Nov. 18, 2009)
• Making business sicker, NY Post (Nov. 18, 2009)
• Labor Advocates, Small Business Groups Clash Over Proposed Paid Sick Leave Bill, Erin Einhorn and Celeste Katz, NY Daily News (Nov. 18, 2009)
• Debaten días de enfermedad pagados, Cándida Portugués, El Diario (Nov. 18, 2009)
• NYers Speak Out on Paid Sick Leave, Cindy Rodriguez, WNYC (Nov. 18, 2009)
• Council Reignites Paid Sick Leave Debate, Bobby Cuza, NY1 (Nov. 17, 2009)
• Should Paid Sick Days be the Law? Some Small Business Owners Worry About Higher Costs, Phyllis Furman, NY Daily News (Nov. 16, 2009)
• City Council to Consider Paid Sick Leave Bill This Week, WNYC (Nov. 16, 2009)
• MTA Rejects Sick Day Ad, Video, WPIX (Nov. 2009)
• Cough up Sick Days, Elizabeth Henderson, The Indypendent (Oct. 30, 2009)
• A Depression for Latinos, El Diario (Oct. 29, 2009)
• Look for the new subway poster campaign for paid sick leave, Amy Impellizzeri, NY Working Moms Examiner (Oct. 27, 2009)
• Paid Sick Leave, the Brian Lehrer Show, Audio, WYNC (Oct. 26, 2009)
• Your job or your health, Editorial, El Diario (Oct. 20, 2009)
• Nearly Half of Workers in City Lack Paid Sick Days, Report Finds, New York Times (Oct. 16, 2009)
• Small Business Employees in New York, Many of them Immigrants, March to Demand Paid Sick Time, Feet in Two Worlds (Oct. 5, 2009)
• New York workers deserve paid sick leave, Daily News (Oct. 4, 2009)
• Health Care? Not if You Can't Leave Work to Get It, New York Times (Oct. 2, 2009)
• Make the road for sick leave, New York Post (Oct. 2, 2009)
• Advocates Push for Mandatory Paid Sick Days, WNYC (Oct. 2, 2009)
  
• Piden pago de dias de enfermedad, El Diario (Oct. 2, 2009)
  
• Group Marches in Support of Paid Sick Days, NY1 (Oct. 1, 2009)
• 'Paid Sick Time Act' Supporters March In NYC, CBS 2 News (Oct. 1, 2009)
• Paid sick leave fever catches on in Council as bill requiring employer to pay gains steam, Daily News (Oct. 1, 2009)
• Former Tina's worker to join rally for paid leave after getting boot from job for going to hospital, Daily News (Oct. 1, 2009)
• Start of New School Year Rekindles Swine Flu Fears, Channel 11 WPIX (Sept. 9, 2009)
• Piden dias pagos por enfermedad de hijos, El Diario (Sept. 9, 2009)
• Swine Flu Paid Leave, FOX News (Sept. 9, 2009)
• Listen to ABB's Sherry Leiwant talk about the NYC Paid Sick Leave Initiative on WBAI, (Sept. 2, 2009)
• Piden Pagar Mas Dias De Enfermedad, Telemundo (Sept. 2009)
• Swine flu fight: Keep sick kids at home, but parents need paid sick days, says hero school nurse, Daily News (Sept. 8 2009)
• Officials Say Paid Sick Leave Will Alleviate H1N1, WNYC (Sept. 8, 2009)
• H1N1 Fears Prompt NYC Bill Mandating Sick Days , Channel 2 CBS News (Sept. 8, 2009)
• Chambers unite against sick-days bill, Crain's New York (Sept. 8, 2009) 
• Chronicling the First Day Back to School, City Room, New York Times (Sept. 8, 2009)
• Sweating the swine flu? Urge the Council to pass this bill, Daily News (Sept. 4, 2009)
• Nothing to Sneeze At: City's Swine Flu Plan, Wash Hands, Get Vaccine, Hope for Best , Daily News (Sept. 2, 2009).
• This Time, City Says It's Ready for Swine Flu, N.Y. Times (Sept. 1, 2009).
• Working Families Party's Dan Cantor blogs about Stopping Swine Flu: Paid Sick Days for All New Yorkers, Huffington Post (Sept. 1, 2009).
• We Can't Afford NOT to Give Employees Some Sick Time, Andrew Friedman, NY Daily News (Aug. 25, 2009).
• Luchar contra la ausencia de dias remunerados, El Diario (Aug. 25, 2009).  Click here to read the English translation. 
• Councilmembers Push for Mandatory Paid Sick Days, WNYC (Aug. 21, 2009) 
• Paid Sick Leave Draws Closer for City Workers, New York Times (Aug. 20, 2009)
• New Yorkers Strive for Paid Sick Days, Epoch Times (July 30, 2009) 

National Press on Swine Flu, Paid Sick Time, and Public Health (2009)

Read more below about how paid sick time can benefit public health and help combat the swine flu. 

• No Sick Days for Swine Flu Sufferers, ABC News (October 7, 2009)
  
• Start of New School Year Rekindles Swine Flu Fears , Channel 11 WPIX (Sept. 9, 2009)
• Swine flu fight: Keep sick kids at home, but parents need paid sick days, says hero school nurse, Daily News (Sept. 8 2009)
• Officials Say Paid Sick Leave Will Alleviate H1N1, WNYC (Sept. 8, 2009)
• H1N1 Fears Prompt NYC Bill Mandating Sick Days , Channel 2 CBS News (Sept. 8, 2009)
• Sweating the swine flu? Urge the Council to pass this bill, Daily News (Sept. 4, 2009)
• Nothing to Sneeze At: City's Swine Flu Plan, Wash Hands, Get Vaccine, Hope for Best , Daily News (Sept. 2, 2009)
• This Time, City Says It's Ready for Swine Flu, N.Y. Times (Sept. 1, 2009)
• Working Families Party's Dan Cantor blogs about Stopping Swine Flu: Paid Sick Days for All New Yorkers, Huffington Post (Sept. 1, 2009)
• Read our open letter to NYC Mayor Bloomberg and NYC Health Commissioner Frieden.   
• Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer blogs No Time To Be Sick (May 14, 2009)
• CDC Reversal on School Closings Due to Swine Flu May Be Welcome News to Working Parents, Examiner.com (May 6, 2009)
• The Cost of Staying Home Sick, New York Times editorial (May 5, 2009)
• Staying  Home Isn't Always Possible, Hartford Courant (May 3, 2009)
• Swine Flu or Not, Many Workers Can't Stay Home, A.P. (May 1, 2009)  
• A Sick Situation, Judith Warner, N.Y. Times blog (April 30, 2009).
• Must Servers Ask: Swine Flu With Your Entree?,  Heather Boushey, Center for American Progress (April 28, 2009)