New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced two new Project Labor Agreements with the Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York and Vicinity that will cover more than $7 billion in city capital projects, ensuring fair wages, union benefits, and strong safety protections for workers. The agreements will support the construction and renovation…
New York Attorney General Letitia James, leading a coalition of 20 other state attorneys general, won a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island that permanently blocks the Trump administration from implementing an Executive Order to dismantle four federal agencies: the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Minority Business…
Governor Kathy Hochul announced a statewide Thanksgiving enforcement initiative in which New York State Police and local law enforcement will increase patrols from November 22–30 to target impaired, reckless, speeding, and distracted driving, while enforcing the expanded Move Over Law. Funded by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee, the 2024 mobilization has already resulted in 50,466…
Governor Kathy Hochul and the MTA have opened a first-of-its-kind Railcar Acceptance and Testing Facility near the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal in Sunset Park, a state-of-the-art yard that receives new subway cars by truck, rail, or barge and connects directly to NYC Transit tracks so trains can be tested and put into service faster. Completed…
On “All In” with Chris Hayes on MS NOW, Governor Kathy Hochul described the President’s meeting with Zohran Mamdani as constructive and reassuring, saying it showed the city is in capable hands with a leader focused on public safety, affordability, and quality of life, making federal intervention like sending the National Guard unnecessary given declining…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul condemned a reported threat from the White House to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in rural broadband funding for upstate communities in response to New York’s newly enacted AI safeguards, which she says are among the strongest in the nation to protect children, workers, and consumers; calling the move…