New York, NY — New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer has documented a severe shortage of playgrounds in New York City. Also many are substandard and unsafe. In the Comptroller’s recent report, “State of Play: A New Model for NYC Playgrounds,” there are neighborhoods in the city lacking playgrounds for children. There is a particular shortage in…
Tootsie, the musical-comedy adaptation of the 1982 Academy Award-winning movie that starred Dustin Hoffman, is totally fun and provides one belly laugh after another. Santino Fontana nails Hoffman’s role as Michael Dorsey, an out-of-work actor who in order to obtain a role in a new musical impersonates a female, and becomes a star under the…
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NEW YORK, N.Y.—A State Supreme Court judge dismissed Lyft’s attempt to void New York City’s $17.22-an-hour minimum wage for app-based drivers May 1, saying the company had failed to prove the way it was calculated was unreasonable. Lyft filed the suit against the city Taxi and Limousine Commission Jan. 30, two days before the minimum,…
New York, NY – Stagnant wages, unsafe working and attacks on immigrant communities of color all combined to define the overall feeling of insecurity working men and women expressed during this week’s May Day observance along Central Park West on Wednesday. “We’ve got to stand strong because they’re trying to bust us up,” NYCHA secretary…
New York, NY –– Mayor de Blasio is advocating for the Board of Elections to make Early Voting easy for New Yorkers. The Mayor urged the BOE to use $75 million dedicated in the Executive Budget to open 100 early voting sites. Early voting requires the BOE to offer New Yorkers the opportunity to vote for…
New York, N.Y.—The head of a union trying to organize Amazon warehouse workers has denounced the company’s plans to cut the delivery time for Amazon Prime orders from two days to one as a dangerous speedup. “With two-day Prime shipping, Amazon fulfillment workers currently face speeds of 200-300 orders per hour in 12-hour shifts. They…
New York, NY – Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza has announced that staff with specific titles at 60 historically underserved schools in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens will receive an additional $7,200 in salary for the upcoming school year. “Never underestimate the power of great teachers and their ability to shape the lives of our…
New York, NY – A grim observance held on a rain slick street in Manhattan this past Friday reemphasized, once more, that sometimes, when you work for a living, you don’t come home. Some 40 people died on the job in New York City last year. On October 27, Queens father of two Bing Wan…
New York, NY – Deaths on-the-job is a national crisis, said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. “It’s well past the time that folks in Washington, D.C., stop playing politics and take action to prevent these tragedies.” In 2017, the number of worker deaths totaled 5,147. Although the number was less than 2016 with 5,190, deaths on-the-job…
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