March 19, 2012By Melissa Mark-Viverito, Member New York City Council You may have heard already, but NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly appeared before the City Council and things got a bit
March 18, 2012By Lillian Roberts, DC 37 Executive Director Governor Cuomo strong armed politicians in Albany to force through a pension bill that ultimately provided no pension reform, but instead
March 17, 2012 “I am pleased to hear that representatives at the Hunts Point Produce Market have heard my office’s plea to revoke their recent rule requiring merchants and those
March 16, 2012By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo scored another political victory by passing major pension reform yesterday, March 15 at the expense of angering the city
March 15, 2012By Ray Parker, Staff Writer While taking pains to emphasize his friendly comradeship with American unionists, RMT General Secretary Bob Crow, speaking a a left labor forum on
March 15, 2012By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter New York’s unions and Governor Andrew Cuomo are squaring off over pension reform. The Governor wants to reduce benefits to ostensibly save billions
March 14, 2012By Rabbi Michael Feinberg, Executive Director Greater New York Labor Coalition The members of the Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition, have joined with workers throughout New York State
March 13, 2012By Marc Bussanich LaborPress City Reprter DC 37 members stood on the steps of the former Occupy Wall Street encampment at Zuccotti Park on Saturday, March 10, and
March 9, 2012By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter Union members and leaders rallied and then marched in Brooklyn yesterday, March 8 to protest the planned closing of Kingsboro Psychiatric Center and
March 7, 2012By Harry Kelber Conservative Republicans, including Tea Party activists, will emphasize “small government” as a major issue in the 2012 presidential election. A contracted federal government, they believe,
