NEW YORK (AP) — A national push for paid sick days is poised to score a significant victory, with lawmakers in the nation's largest city set to vote on requiring businesses to provide the benefit to an estimated 1 million workers who don't have it now.
The City Council was expected to OK that Wednesday, while also approving unpaid sick time for another roughly 300,000 workers. A mayoral veto is expected, but so is an override.
Advocates see the measure as a watershed, although it has some significant limits and conditions. The city would be the most populous place to approve such a law during a campaign that has scored several victories but also a number of defeats.
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