New York Labor Bills Are Stuck in Limbo
The Assembly Labor Committee has emerged as a bottleneck for unions’ top legislative priorities.
Maxwell Parrott · May 31, 2022
Seven bills passed the Senate Labor Committee this month but never came up for a vote in its Assembly counterpart, chaired by Layota Joyner. | New York State Assembly
Maxwell Parrott is a freelance journalist based in New York City.
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