After a year-long campaign which culminated in a 23-day hunger strike, excluded workers from across Queens including street vendors, construction workers, laundry and delivery workers, among others who were left out of state and federal COVID relief. are now eligible for retroactive payments to reflect an entire year without work during the pandemic.
Lawmakers approved the first-in-the-nation $2.1 billion excluded workers fund as part of the state budget agreement last week.
