NYC Proposal for Paid Vacation Prompts Debate

NYC Proposal for Paid Vacation Prompts Debate
Dawn Casale in her shop in the Dumbo neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York on Feb. 6, 2019. AP Photo/Richard Drew
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NEW YORK —A debate over whether New York City should make a pioneering move to require paid vacation has both sides saying, “Give me a break.”

Mayor Bill de Blasio wants New York to become the first place in the 50 states to make private businesses provide time off with pay. He casts the idea, which is awaiting City Council action, as a next frontier in workers’ rights.