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New York State Legislator Who Supported Nail Salon Labor Protections Turns on His Own Law

Brendan O'Connor · 11/08/15 07:38PM

You might be surprised to learn that the New York State assemblyman who helped to craft a bill designed to protect nail salon workers, which Governor Cuomo signed into law earlier this year, has now decided that this law (especially the provisions pertaining to wage fraud) is bad. Then again, you might not be so surprised when you learn that, according to the New York Times’ Sarah Maslin Nir—whose investigative reporting on the nail salon industry in New York prompted Cuomo to take those “emergency measures”—salon owners have been sending tens of thousands of dollars in political donations the assemblyman’s way.

Taylor Berman · 10/31/12 09:25PM

After Gov Cuomo declared a transportation emergency, the MTA is waiving all fares this Thursday & Friday. [twitter.com]