New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood is contesting a Federal Labor Department program that she claims gives employers who violate labor law a way to avoid punishment. Underwood is pursuing the case in Manhattan federal court. On Monday, she petitioned the court to enforce her request for information on the Payroll Audit Independent Determination Program. Federal Lawyers working on the case did not make a statement to the press, but Underwood says that her requests made to the department under the Freedom of Information Act have yet to go answered.
See "NY attorney general sues Labor Department, citing amnesty", Times Union, August 7, 2018