In New York, organized labor has a lot of leverage. The chiefs of the state’s largest labor unions play an outsized role in shaping policy in New York City and in Albany. But while the top officeholders heading up these influential unions get plenty of press and applause, they rely hea...
Although in the long term, Levy says that she hopes to branch out from New York state politics and advocate for federal policy changes relating to agriculture as well, in the meantime, she has come to acknowledge the power of state and local legislation in promoting change. “At ...