New York Assemblywoman Phara Souffrant Forrest expressed optimism that her proposal to abolish the “five-day grind” in favor of a four-day workweek is gaining traction.

The Democratic lawmaker, a progressive representing the 57th Assembly District in Brooklyn, is pushing two bills that would institute pilot programs for state and private sector workers seeking to test a 32-hour workweek. 

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