Critics of the Independent Democratic Conference held a funeral Wednesday for all the bills that died at the hands of the IDC this session. The activists say that in a moment when New York state has the opportunity to be a national example of how to resist, from the activist […]
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Letter: “I realized I was doing what my abuser did to me 46 years ago. I was blaming myself.”
I just spent half a year advocating for the Child Victims Act alongside a group of dedicated and courageous survivors and supporters. We went wherever we could to be seen and heard. We spoke of our own experiences in order to show how children of today and tomorrow would be […]
Chartock: Pressure is building on the IDC
There are a bunch of self-styled Democrats in the New York State Senate who deserted the regular Democrats and formed their own conference known as the Independent Democratic Conference. They soon forged a relationship with the Republicans in the Senate and from time to time, they have saved the Republicans […]
Payments to IDC senators a “mockery of our laws,” says legal memo from Democratic counsel
In the wake of a New York Times article that revealed several senators are being paid for leadership positions they do not hold, an attorney for the Senate Democrats has declared the practice illegal in an analysis backed up by case law and legal precedent. The Times article, published […]