Two more New York City Council members withdrew their support this week for Intro. 303, the “No More 24” bill that would ban 24-hour workdays for home healthcare workers, bringing the number of co-sponsors who have abandoned the bill up to five since April.

Council Member Elsie Encarnacion (D-Bronx) pulled her support for the bill on Monday, while her colleague in the chamber, Ty Hankerson (D-Queens), formally withdrew his support on Tuesday evening.

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Hankerson and Encarnacion’s withdrawals from the bill followed Council Members Farah Louis, Shahana Hanif, and Sandy Nurse pulling their support from the bill in recent weeks. Hankerson reportedly told The City last week that he would pull his support for the bill if it wasn’t altered to include an amendment which allowed some workers to get a waiver allowing them to work 24 hour

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