Lobbyist Dating Carl Heastie Cleared to Return to Assembly — and Ethics Attorney Quits
As the relationship was coming to light, Heastie returned $5,000 in campaign cash to a labor group from which he’d recused himself.
Update: March 26, 2024 — This story has been updated to note that a Mason Tenders spokesperson provided an erroneous statement referring to "donations," plural, because he had misheard McGuire, rather than McGuire having misspoken himself.
A version of good cause eviction and new hate crimes are in; new taxes on the wealthy and education cuts are out. Here’s where things landed in this year’s budget.
The Assembly rejected legislation that would have sped up New York’s transition away from gas.
Low-wage manual laborers can sue to make their bosses pay them weekly. Hochul’s late-breaking budget addition may undermine that right.
As real estate developers resist wage guarantees and try to roll back tenants’ rights, a potential budget deal is at an impasse.
As the state legislature considers a bill to change warranty payments, unions join their bosses to make car companies pay more.
In the New York City teachers union, anger over a plan to privatize retiree health care could send a longshot campaign over the edge.