NEW YORK - Today Assemblymember Micah Lasher (D-Manhattan) and State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal (D, WFP-Manhattan) introduced new legislation in response to President Trump’s coercive and unlawful extortion of private law firms, which has resulted in...

New York – Assemblymember Micah Lasher and Senator Jeremy Cooney today announced new legislation in response to the federal tariffs imposed by Donald Trump. The “Tariff Transparency Act” would ensure the inclusion of a tariff cost estimate on the...

New York – New York State Assemblymember Micah Lasher and Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal sent a letter this week urging the New York State Department of Financial Services to deny a money transmitter license to X, the company formerly known as Twitter....

New York – Twenty years after being shuttered and then gutted, the Metro Theater on Broadway at 99th Street has finally turned the keys over to new owners. Upper West Side Cinema Center, a newly formed nonprofit organization, has completed the $6.9...

New York - Today State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal (D, WFP-Manhattan) and Assemblymember Micah Lasher (D - Manhattan) joined hundreds of protestors outside of the Tesla showroom in Lower Manhattan to denounce Elon Musk’s undemocratic takeover of the...

New York – Assemblymember Micah Lasher and Senator Jessica Ramos today announced a coordinated legislative response to anticipated efforts by Donald Trump and Elon Musk to withhold federal funds from New York and to the mass layoffs of federal workers...

New York – New York Attorney General Letitia James today advanced new legislation to protect consumers and small businesses from unfair, deceptive, and abusive practices. The Fostering Affordability and Integrity through Reasonable Business Practices,...

New York – Today State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal (D, WFP-Manhattan) announced the “winners” of his months long competition for the worst scaffolding project on the West Side of Manhattan, The Sheddies, and introduced new legislation with Assemblymember...

New York – State Assemblymember Micah Lasher today announced the Multinational Earnings and Global Accountability for Corporations Act — the MEGA Corporations Act — to recover an estimated $737 million that New York State is losing annually to international...

New York – A group of New York legislators today announced a new package of legislation to protect students from harassment and discrimination on college campuses. Assemblymember Micah Lasher, Assemblymember Nily Rozic, Senator Leroy Comrie, and Senator...

New York – A group of New York State legislators today proposed legislation that would codify critical Federal fair housing protections into State law. Together with Reverend Al Sharpton, founder and President of the National Action Network, Senator...