There are 1.3 million Freelancers in NYC. According to Sara Horowitz with the Freelancer's Union, "Independent workers are one of the fastest growing sectors of the workforce and the backbone of New York City's economy-but they are getting stiffed out of thousands of dollars a year."

To address this problem, the NYC Council has introduced a bill which would protect Freelancers from late payments and deadbeat employers.

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Larry Goldbetter, President, National Writers Union/UAW Local 1981 (center) at City Hall for Rally to Announce Freelance Isn't Free Act, December 2015.