ALBANY- The Assembly has stopped using an actuary who provided fiscal analysis for pro-labor legislation while being paid by labor unions.

The decision came after the New York Times reported that the actuary, whose analysis was used in bills, was shown to be paid by unions seeking the legislation.

Assembly majority spokesman Dan Weiller said the actuary, Jonathan Schwartz, will no longer be used and all the pending bills for which he provided fiscal analysis will be analyzed again to determine the public cost of the measures.

Friday's disclosure that the union-paid expert wrote the required fiscal analysis on a pro-labor bill is one of the most brazen examples of how close