Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) faces a federal lawsuit from 12 canvassers who claim they were exploited, underpaid and subjected to racist abuse while knocking doors for his re-election campaign. The Daily Beast’s PunchUp reported the suit was filed Friday in the Southern District of New York, and the complaint names Lawler…

A former staffer for Democratic Assemblymember Anamarie Ávila Farías accuses the lawmaker of whistleblower retaliation and racial discrimination in a recently filed lawsuit.