New York state lawmakers and labor advocates are hoping to include the work opportunity tax credit in the final state budget. This is a tax credit that would essentially be given to employers if and when they hire people from specific targeted groups – such as veterans, summer youth employees and ex-felons.

To understand the impact and logistics of the work opportunity tax credit, Shantel Destra – of the New York Public News Network – sat down with the Assembly Labor Committee Chair Harry Bronson.

Image: New York state Assemblyman Harry Bronson, a Democrat from Rochester, is the next chair of the Assembly Labor Committee. (Credit: New York State Assembly)