{"id":110000,"date":"2019-12-03T11:40:35","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T16:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=110000"},"modified":"2019-12-03T11:40:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T16:40:35","slug":"senator-rachel-may-to-continue-pushing-encore-entrepreneurship-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=110000","title":{"rendered":"Senator Rachel May to continue pushing encore entrepreneurship effort"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Senator Rachel May<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Senator Rachel May (D-Onondaga, Madison, Oneida) expressed\ndisappointment in Governor Andrew Cuomo\u2019s veto of \u201cencore entrepreneurship\u201d\nlegislation that would help support New Yorkers age 50 and older seeking to\nlaunch a new business venture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill (S.4575<\/a>),\nintroduced by Senator May and passed unanimously by the Senate and Assembly\nthis past spring, called for the development of training and resources\nspecifically designed to support the unique needs of older entrepreneurs. The\nbill calls for entrepreneurship training unique to the needs of 50+ New Yorkers\nto be made available in each economic development region across the state to\nensure access to and awareness of these services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe tend to think of entrepreneurship as a young person\u2019s\npursuit,\u201d said May, Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Aging. \u201cIn fact,\nnationwide, Americans in the 55-to-64 age group start new businesses at a\nhigher rate than those in their 20s and 30s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhether these older entrepreneurs are postponing retirement\nout of economic necessity or simply to pursue a long-held desire to launch a\nstart-up, this bill would help ensure they have the tech skills and social\nmedia marketing know-how to make those ventures a success, generate new jobs,\nand help grow the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEncore entrepreneurs face unique challenges, and this bill\nwould help tailor New York\u2019s programming for those needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May said the governor\u2019s veto was particularly frustrating\ngiven that the bill so clearly aligns with his own 2018 executive order\ndesignating New York as the first \u201cage-friendly state\u201d in the nation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

May pledged to continue working to advance this and other\nmeasures that help address the widely diverse needs of older New Yorkers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey are not a one-size-fits-all demographic,\u201d she said,\n\u201cand our policy-making should reflect that. When we empower those who have both\nthe deep experience and the drive to launch a new business venture later in\nlife, we all stand to gain from their success. As we begin the next legislative\nsession, I will work with my colleagues to include this bill in our 2020-21\nbudget.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Senator Rachel May (D-Onondaga, Madison, Oneida) expressed disappointment in Governor Andrew Cuomo\u2019s veto of \u201cencore entrepreneurship\u201d legislation that would help support New Yorkers age 50 and older seeking to launch a new business venture. The bill (S.4575), introduced by Senator May and passed unanimously by the Senate and Assembly this past spring, called for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23813,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rachel-May-for-State-Senate.jpg?fit=400%2C500&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-sCc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/97264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}