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.
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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.
Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) became one of the first Republicans who didn't write the bill to line up behind the proposal that would offer a pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the country illegally.
The Long Island lawmaker is working to correct what he called unfair discharge papers for gay and lesbian veterans.
Speaking on CBS' "Face The Nation" Sunday, Gillibrand said the current system is working more as a deterrent to those who've been sexually assaulted.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker officially threw his hat in the ring Saturday for the seat of late U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.)
The lawsuit brought by Somerset County Democratic County Chairwoman Peg Schaffer claims the election is illegal and an attempt to suppress the vote.
New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner on Saturday criticized the NYPD stop-and-frisk program during an appearance at the Rev. Al Sharpton's headquarters in Harlem.
A senior U.S. intelligence official has said the secret program that tracked hundreds of millions of domestic phone records helped disrupt a 2009 terror plot to bomb the New York City subways.
Before the repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, some servicemembers were subjected to dishonorable discharges because they were gay. Long Island U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) wants to change that.
Two years after a sexting scandal drove him from the U.S. House two years ago, Anthony Weiner is now trying to revive his political career with a run for New York City mayor.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker is planning to enter the special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat previously held by Frank Lautenberg, a member of Booker's campaign staff said Friday.
CBS 2's Maurice DuBois, WCBS 880's Steve Scott, 1010 WINS' Sonia Rincon and El Diario/La Prensa's Marlene Peralta were on hand as Manhattan residents raised the issues that mattered most to them.
Under the plan the TLC will be able to issue 18,000 hail licenses over the next three years – 20 percent must be handicapped-accessible.
New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa, a registered Republican, will hold the office until a special election takes place in October and Christie said Chiesa will not run for the seat. He will take office on Monday.
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