Hochul’s Chapter Amendments Could Undermine New Birth Center Law
A rift grew among birth advocates as progressive legislators asked them to compromise with the governor – or risk a veto.
Lee Harris · January 20, 2022

We were under the mistaken impression that something having passed unanimously would hold a lot of weight for the governors office. | Darren McGee/Office of the Governor

Lee Harris co-founded New York Focus and currently works part-time on strategy and development as contributing editor. She is also a staff reporter at The American Prospect, where her reporting focuses on climate, finance, and labor, and her work has appeared in outlets… more
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