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The judiciary committee voted not to advance the nomination of Hector LaSalle, setting up a likely legal fight between the governor and state Democrats. Gov. Hochul threated to hire a litigator to sue the State Senate to take up the nomination.
Republican officials in New York sharply denounced the embattled representative, even as leaders in Washington have said they will not push him to step down. Meanwhile Speaker McCarthy said he woulld resist calls to get Santos to resign.
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Workers say the $15 minimum wage is now unlivable. NY State Senator Jessica Ramos is leading a bill to raise the minimum wage to $20/hour and index it to inflation.
Democrats likely to defeat Dem. Governor Hochul’s nomination of Hector LaSalle to be the state’s next chief judge, after progressives raised concern about his conservative judicial record and anti-abortion, anti-labor and anti-bail reform positions.
The Warehouse Worker Protection Act aims to crack down on stringent work quotas.
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Rockland County, NY high school students invited Angela Davis to speak. Protests blocked her from two different venues. She spoke in a packed church last week anyway.
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