New York’s legislative employees are not eligible to unionize under the state’s sweeping public-sector collective bargaining law. Read More
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Union advocates have argued that employees of the New York State Legislature are covered by the Taylor Law, the 1967 state law that requires state and local public employers, including state agencies, municipalities, and school districts, to recogniz Read More
Labor leaders were giddy when a group of state Senate employees last month announced their intent to unionize. Read More
Historically large budgetary surpluses inherited by Governor Hochul are now just a memory with New York facing projected gaps of $13.7 Billion Read More
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie called for a special hearing this Thursday to get more input on the Build Public Renewables Act. Read More
Last week, Governor Hochul extended one of her two pandemic-related emergency orders into its ninth month – an action so routine and non-urgent that her office issued no press release. Five days later, an expose in the Times Union showed why casually overusing emergency powers can be a bad idea. Read More
It's last call in Albany. Read More
Spending by state lawmakers on office personnel and administrative costs varies widely, with some paying out nearly twice as much as others Read More