Work-Bites, Joe Maniscalco, Apr 23, 2026

New York City home care workers fighting to ban the 24-hour workday capped off Week 1 of their hunger strike outside the gates of City Hall on Thursday confident City Council Speaker Julie Menin will finally green light a vote on legislation they want by mid-May.

But a closer look at what’s really going on with Intro. 303, Council Member Chris Marte’s legislation to finally end mandatory round-the-clock shifts in New York City’s home care industry, reveals Thursday’s celebration was premature—there is, in fact, no set date for the “No More 24” bill to be submitted for a vote—and the fate of the pending legislation still largely rests in the hands of Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

“Although [Speaker Menin] did not fulfill her promise to submit the bill to the City Council for a vote in April, she has now publicly agreed to the version of Intro. 303 that we want,” home care workers said through an interpreter at a celebratory City Hall rally on April 23. “She has now handed the bill over to the Mayor to prevent any behind the scenes maneuvering on his part—and she has promised to submit the bill for a vote by May 14. This is an excellent outcome, one truly worthy of celebration.”

Advocates for home care workers came away from a meeting with Menin staffers on Wednesday, April 22 confident they had a commitment from the Speaker to finally bring Intro. 303—the “No More 24” bill—to the floor of the City Council for a full vote by mid-May.

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