Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio rallied this weekendahead of U.S. Supreme Court deliberations for Janus v. AFSCME, a case that could prohibit mandatory union fees for non-members.
But Janus isn’t the only case that could have a significant political impact in the state.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled that immigrants held by the government and facing deportation do not have the right to bond hearings to decide whether they may be released on bail, regardless of how long they have been detained.
“It’s a devastating decision,” said Camille Mackler, the director of immigration legal policy at the New York Immigration Coalition. “It's really a blow to immigrant communities and to the immigrant rights movement.”