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Appalled by ICE's arrest of Brad Lander. Brad's a hardworking, smart public servant, and a friend. Arresting political enemies is authoritarian & scary. PS If this is how ICE treats a nerdy white dad in the public eye, imagine how they treat farmworkers, dishwashers & others.

About to begin debating the FAIR Business Practices Act, the first substantial expansion in 55 years of NY AG James’s authority to protect consumers and take action against corporate misconduct. Watch live here: nystateassembly.granicus.com/player/event/4…

“Markets function effectively when people have confidence in them…that they can engage in commerce with confidence,” sponsor Micah Lasher says during his affirmative vote. “That’s how you create a thriving economy. That’s the kind of an economy we should have in New York.”

Absolute must-read on housing supply policy in New York State. Equal parts fascinating, depressing, predictable.

The FAIR Business Practices Act, our legislation to protect working families and small businesses from predatory lenders, abusive debt collectors, scams, and more, has passed the New York legislature.   I'm proud our state is stepping up to stop New Yorkers from being cheated.

Thanks to Senator Leroy Comrie and Assemblymember Micah Lasher for sponsoring this legislation, and to the entire legislature for taking action at a time when the federal government is abandoning its responsibility to protect consumers and small businesses.

There’s lots to report from the end of the legislative session, but locally there’s no bigger news than the removal of (most of) the scaffolding on 104th and Broadway. Shaun Abreu and I have been working hard on this, and my gratitude to the many City officials involved.

If you see a group of Upper West Siders holding hands and singing Welcome Christmas, it’s because the scaffolding on 104th is almost entirely down! Big thanks to our neighbors and @micahlasher for helping us keep up the pressure. Expect to see a lot more of this.

Deeply proud to pass the FAIR Business Practices Act last night. There was mighty lobbying power aimed at killing the bill, but public interest prevailed. If signed, NY AG James gets powerful tools to protect New Yorkers from corporate misconduct. spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny…

Seeing the scaffolding come down “feels like a miracle of improbable proportions,” said one nearby resident. westsiderag.com/2025/06/18/sid…

We are, in effect, asking NY AG James to protect New Yorkers in 2025 with legal tools built in 1970. The FAIR Business Practices Act will fix that, and fill the gap created by Donald Trump’s shutdown of the CFPB. Raga Justin with a deep dive in the Times Union.

Proud to see my legislation with NYS Senator Brian Kavanagh 卡范納, to Trump-proof New York when it comes to housing discrimination, included in Ben Oreskes’s The New York Times wrap-up of the legislative session: nytimes.com/2025/06/19/nyr…

Out and about with Mr. West Side, Micah Lasher

Whatever the outcome of this election, Errol Louis (@errollouis.bsky.social) has captured perfectly the vacuum of ideas and energy that has taken hold in the halls of power in this city.