Queens Politician Fought for Mistreated Salon Workers Until Their Bosses Gave Him Cash Hillary Crosley Coker11/09/15 1:45pm345EditInvite manuallyPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkLast summer, a Queens assemblyman helped prepare a bill to fight the terrible working conditions in New York City’s nail salons, then he suddenly changed his mind. What happened? Money, is one guess. Seems like money happened.