Month: May 2019

Cuomo signs bill lifting ban on ‘gravity knives’

Cuomo signs bill lifting ban on ‘gravity knives’

Article from NYPost.com by Bernadette Hogan ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo signed a new law Thursday living the ban on the possession of “gravity knives” — or pocket knives. The ban had been in place since 1958. Cuomo vetoed similar measures in 2016 and 2017 because of...

Debate over fossil fuel divestment fires up organized labor

Debate over fossil fuel divestment fires up organized labor

Labor groups warn of pension fund losses, but not every union agrees. Article from City & State New York By BOB HENNELLY The cohesion of the New York labor movement has historically given it a policymaking clout that unions across the country envy. But as the...


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