Among them is 27-year-old Mark Zuckerberg, a founder of Facebook, proof that America's giving gene has passed to the next generation.

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But they value entrepreneurship and see success stories like Mark Zuckerberg, Sean Parker and a host of other young innovators as proof that they can make a difference and make money doing it.

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Melissa Mark-Viverito, a Manhattan Democrat and one of the bill's veto-proof 38 sponsors, said "conversations are happening" about the prospect of bringing the bill to the floor.

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