April 16, 2012 The Mayor’s FY 2013 preliminary budget comes against the backdrop of a slowly improving economy. However, this preliminary budget still contains substantial and unacceptable cuts to services for
April 16, 2012By Eric Schneiderman, Attorney General When someone’s locked up for committing a serious crime, we have to be certain we’ve gotten it right. When the wrong person is
April 16, 2012 The recent attempt by Mayor Bloomberg to seize control of prevailing rate regulation from the Comptroller is nothing more than a naked power grab aimed at suppressing
April 12, 2012By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter LaborPress presented a conference on retirement at EmblemHealth on Thursday, April 5 to an audience comprised of financial experts, pension managers, labor lawyers,
April 12, 2012By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter Representative Joseph Crowley and Council Member Daniel Dromm, along with Transportation Alternatives, held a transit town hall meeting on Wednesday evening, April 11
April 11, 2012By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter Now that the initial furor has faded since Gov. Andrew Cuomo passed the new Tier 6 pension plan, LaborPress talked to a
April 9, 2012By: John Bae, Staff Writer Traffic enforcement agents have had it rough. Angry drivers receiving tickets have abused the agents by means of harassment, spitting, and assault.
April 6, 2012By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter At the United Federation of Teachers headquarters on Tuesday, April 3, an eclectic group of union leaders, labor lawyers, union pension fund managers
April 4, 2012Around Town – By Neal Tepel Speaker Sheldon Silver joined with Ed Gindi, owner of the downtown Manhattan Century 21 department store, and members of the Manhattan business
April 4, 2012By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter On March 1 U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan heard oral arguments from lawyers representing 32BJ and Renaissance Equity Holdings, the owner of the
