New York, NY —

Less than a week after the NY state legislature started its 2002 session, it has approved a 3.5 billion dollar deal to raise the salaries of health care workers. The accord is not only good news for health care workers, it's good news for Governor Pataki and the 211 members of the legislature who are up for re-election this year. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein joins us to discuss the developments.