Category: Law and Politics

October 3, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Charged with emotion after becoming the “first woman of color to hold citywide office,” Councilwoman Letitia James – the former public

October 2, 2013 By Steven Wishnia Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union is one of the few private-sector unions to gain members in the last decade. The local

October 1, 2013 By Steven Wishnia Civil Service Employees Association Local 1000, New York State’s largest public-workers union, is solidly behind the AFL-CIO’s idea of building coalitions with groups outside

October 1, 2013 By Stephanie West Albany NY — The New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) has announced its endorsement for Democrat Bill de Blasio for mayor of New

October 1, 2013 By Steven Wishnia “We are a one-trick pony. We only care about one thing, and that’s jobs,” says Jack Kittle, political director of District Council 9 of

September 30, 2013 By John Zogby Washington, DC – There used to be a time when Presidents and Congresses made policy and when political strategists knew what they were doing.

September 30, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – The City Council’s rising Progressive Caucus can add another powerful new voice to its ranks should Democratic nominee Helen Rosenthal best Republican

September 25, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – After a combined 20 years of Rudy Giuliani and Mike Bloomberg, hard-pressed working men and women and their advocates throughout the

September 19, 2013 By Stephanie West The New York State Legislature will hold the third and final hearing to examine the impact of the NYS Office of Mental Health’s (OMH)

September 18, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Winning Democratic primary candidates who largely owe their recent victories to public campaign financing are so convinced of the system’s inherent