Revoking Security Clearances: How Bad Could It Get for Lawyers?
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Bloomberg Law) — Washington lawyer Mark Zaid’s security clearance gives him access to information, like whether a client works for the Central…
Trump administration now says it’s up to federal agencies if they want to dismiss probationary employees
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) — In wake of legal pushback, the Trump administration today revised a memo about probationary federal employees, specifying that agencies choose…
Lawsuit challenges Hochul order barring former COs from public work. More could come
BUFFALO, NY (Spectrum News 1) — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an emergency executive order Monday barring state agencies from hiring individuals formerly employed by the state…
Many Thousands More Fired Probationary Employees Ordered Reinstated
WASHINGTON, D.C. (FEDweek) — Updated: Two federal judges have ordered the reinstatement of many thousands of probationary employees fired by the Veterans Affairs,…
NYS Dept. of Corrections & Community Supervision declares strikes over
ALBANY, NY (CNY Central) — The New York State Department of Corrections & Community Supervision has declared the strikes at correctional facilities over. Commissioner…
3 Takeaways From Fired NLRB Member’s Reinstatement Win
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Law360) — National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox’s reinstatement Thursday via district court order restores a quorum allowing the agency…
Homeland Security ends TSA collective bargaining agreement, in effort to dismantle union protections
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Associated Press) — The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it is ending the collective bargaining agreement with the tens of thousands of…
Why doesn’t New York have a death penalty?
ROCHESTER, NY (WHEC) — The death penalty in New York has experienced significant changes over the decades, Initially struck down in the 1960s and 1970s, it was reinstated in…
Hochul’s, Evans’ advice to private equity: Buy houses somewhere else
ROCHESTER, NY (Rochester Business Journal) — Over the past four years, three out-of-state institutional investment firms by themselves accounted for the purchase of more…
Push back against state deal among striking Coxsackie COs
COXSACKIE, NY (WTEN) — An end may be in sight for the prison strike taking place across New York State. After four days of negotiations between a representative for the…