Black and Latino nonunion flaggers on public construction projects say they’re paid just a third of wages they’re legally entitled to.
“Expect delays, expect secondary screening, expect frustration, and expect to miss your train from time to time.”
A bill in the state legislature would prohibit police from interrogating minors before they consulted with a lawyer.
Before the Russian-funded delivery startup collapsed, Buyk sold itself as a way for workers to escape the gig economy. Former workers say it failed to deliver.
The state legislature has passed a measure intended to counter a court ruling that made it easier for lenders to win cases against homeowners.
Legislators opposed to a bill enacting a temporary moratorium on proof-of-work cryptocurrency mining are warning that it could harm New Yorkers often excluded from traditional financial markets, sources say.
After New York Focus reported on illegal contributions to candidate Russell Squire, his campaign announced it would return the money.
The state’s grand plan to convert unused hotels into affordable housing hasn’t gotten off the ground. Lawmakers just boosted funding — but developers and housing advocates say that won’t help without lifting onerous zoning restrictions.
Officials routinely refuse to send requests for medical release to the state parole board, frustrating advocates and raising questions about the murky criteria for medical release.
“I told the workers beforehand that they would lose based on the ‘numbers.’ They said they knew the workers. They were right!”
A comprehensive tracker of the issues at stake in New York’s budget.
The final budget made changes to bail law, discovery law, pre-arraignment detention, involuntary commitment and more.
The legislature wants to spend $250 million to combat homelessness. Hochul says it’ll actually cost $6 billion.
Rather than try to improve Hochul’s proposal, some environmentalists want to scrap it and instead concentrate on a forthcoming bill from Assemblymember Steve Englebright.
Green groups charged that Kathy Hochul is punting the issue until after the primary.
Democrats immediately said they would appeal the decision.
New York Focus obtained and analyzed a proposal presented by Senate leadership to the chamber’s Democratic caucus.
Experts say the state needs to spend at least $1 billion a year to cut pollution from buildings. Legislators are trying to get the governor closer to that figure.
New York state legislators have just days to question phone hacking, forensics, and fusion centers before the budget passes.
The governor’s projected price tag is five times higher than estimates by the legislature and outside researchers—but she hasn’t said how she arrived at her figure.