New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced the city will offer six weeks of fully paid parental leave to 20,000 public employees starting in 2016. The new plan applies to all new mothers and fathers, including workers who adopt or begin fostering a child. The plan only applies to non-unionized city workers for now. City Hall says it will negotiate with municipal labor unions about extending the benefits to the city’s 280,000 unionized workers, as well.