Posts tagged New York Legislature
NYPD Union Sues Oversight Board For Letting People Know How Awful Some Cops Might Be
May 8, 2026 // ow that Eric Adams is gone — along with his embrace of political and police corruption — the Police Benevolent Association is back in action, claiming (in court!) the CCRB should not be allowed to release misconduct files the CCRB is legally allowed to release. Samantha Max has more details for Gothamist: New York City’s largest police union is suing the watchdog agency that investigates allegations of officer misconduct, saying the Civilian Complaint Review Board has stigmatized officers by sharing “inflammatory” records related to unsubstantiated allegations of sexual misconduct, bias-based policing and lying. The Police Benevolent Association is urging the CCRB to redact officers’ identifying information when it turns over records related to these three categories of misconduct, if the officers were not found guilty of wrongdoing.
Opinion: Teacher’s union lies to extort billions from taxpayers
April 7, 2026 // The unions insist that the state needs to “fix” the pension rules because, they say, reforms enacted for future employees in 2009 and 2012 (the latter commonly called “Tier 6”) have made it harder to attract and keep good employees. This is a remarkable claim that crumbles under inspection. New York state government set a record for the most employees hired in 2023, only to smash it in 2024. So much for that recruitment problem.
Court rejects New York bid to take over federal labor enforcement
December 2, 2025 // Unions have been pushing labor-friendly states to pass laws allowing state officials to take over workplace enforcement matters when the NLRB cannot respond in a timely manner. New York and California have been leading in this effort, passing laws to that effect in September. The laws give unions a potentially major legal advantage over businesses in workplace disputes, including contested union elections. The laws would only come into play if the NLRB itself is inactive, but that’s been an increasingly common phenomenon in recent years. The NLRB’s five-member board is currently down to just one member due to a combination of members’ terms expiring, some firings by the Trump administration, and slow Senate confirmations.
Teacher’s Union Sues to Stop New York Congestion Pricing Plan
January 7, 2024 // The United Federation of Teachers argues that the near-5,000 page environmental report on New York's congestion pricing plan isn't thorough enough.