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Lawmakers: Lack Of Labor Protections Allows For Abuse Of Child Models

New York state lawmakers joined former child models Sunday to release a report detailing the lack of labor protections for children who work as models.

2013/06/09

Report: ‘Shocking’ Conditions In N.Y. Day Care Centers

State inspections found children isolated in closets, subjected to corporal punishment and humiliated in New York day care centers that saw little state oversight and enforcement, according to a report released by the state Senate’s Independent Democratic Conference.

2013/05/31

Speaker of the New York State Assembly Sheldon Silver (file/Photo by Daniel Barry/Getty Images)

NYS Assembly Leader Reserving Judgment On New State Senate Power-Sharing Deal

Under the senate deal, the position of temporary president of the senate will alternate between the Republicans and the five-member IDC every two weeks.

2012/12/11

GOP, Independent Democrats Unite For State Senate Majority

Furious Democrats who won a majority of seats in the New York State Senate have called a deal among Republicans and five Democrats to control the chamber a “coup.”

2012/12/04

New York State Capitol in Albany (file / credit: Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

GOP, Independent Democrats Take Control Of New York State Senate

Senate Republicans and the Independent Democratic Conference on Tuesday struck a deal to take control of the Senate in an unprecedented power-sharing deal.

2012/12/04

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