The Great Nail Reckoning continues: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is reportedly set to announce Monday that nail salons who illegally denied their workers overtime or paid them less than the minimum wage have been ordered to pay out a total of $2 million.
According to David Bowie’s will, which was filed in a New York court on Friday, his estate will be divided between his wife Iman, his two children, one of his children’s nanny, and his longtime personal assistant.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law Tuesday that bans correctional facilities from shackling or handcuffing pregnant people. A ban on shackling incarcerated women in labor was passed in 2009; the new law will make it illegal to shackle women at any point while pregnant, in labor, in transport to the…
On Wednesday, New York State correctional system announced an upcoming overhaul of their solitary confinement process. As one of the largest prison systems in America, this move could signal a trend for the rest of America, if shifts go according to plan.
Former New York State Assemblyman and speaker Sheldon Silver is on trial for corruption, which is surprising, as long as you are very, very very easily surprised. Also a little odd: one of the jurors asked to be excused almost as soon as deliberations began, writing, “I don’t feel like I can be myself right now!”
A month after the “Unvarnished” series from the New York Times exposed illegal operations behind the scenes of nail salons and the exploitation of their immigrant workers, The New York State Assembly passed legislation that will help protect salon employees from unsafe working conditions while also making sure they…
New York state is proposing new legislation that would require college transcripts to note when a student has been found responsible for sexual assault. The measure, which is currently only required in Virginia, would help put a stop to students being able to transfer schools without the new institution knowing about…
A law passed in 2010 by New York State that aims to help victims of sex trafficking and forced prostitution clear their criminal records is finally making headway, thanks to an organization called the Sex Workers Project.
For nearly two years, New York state has been trying and failing to pass the Women's Equality Act (WEA), a ten-point bill designed to strengthen women's rights in the state. The sticking point has been the tenth provision, which would safeguard late-term abortion rights. After lots of fighting, supporters of the…
New York State's Department of Education recently published the state's new, improved educational standards designed to guide the minds of The Next Generation into a great Sea Of Fact-Knowing so that they may Succeed in the World of Tomorrow (or, you know, in practical terms, the Shit They Will Be Tested On Before…
When police in New York state arrest women for prostitution, they often use possession of condoms as evidence that she's selling her body. But now, a new law being considered may outlaw the practice of using prophylactics as proof of engaging in the world's oldest profession.
In NYC courts, officers have taken to enforcing rules that prohibit boxer-baring trousers. "We don't care about fashion trends," says the president of the New York State Court Officers Association. One dude apparently stormed out rather than pull up his pants.
Carl Paladino is not sexist for calling Senator Kirsten Gillibrand "[Senator] Schumer's little girl." And he's going to prove it by refusing to be interviewed on that rather inconvenient topic. "I think we're done talking to this lady," he mumbled.
Carl Paladino told Orthodox rabbis earlier this week that he would "seek ways to protect everyone from obscenity on the internet." How inconvenient for a fresh round of porn forwards to surface. Including girl-on-girl action. But that's not gay, right?
Hey, remember how homophobic Carl Paladino is? He sort of apologized. Just in time for the revelation that his son ran a gay bar in a building owned by Paladino senior.
We're beginning to suspect that the Tea Party's recruiting its candidates from the ranks of YouTube commenters. Meet Carl Paladino, now the GOP nominee for New York governor, who forwarded emails depicting bestiality and Michelle Obama as a prostitute.
For five expensive years, Beverly Willett refused her cheating husband a divorce. She compares New York's new no-fault divorce to "arranged marriages," where "power rests in one person's hands to vote on behalf of the whole family." Some feminists agree.
