Care After COVID-19
Ben Kimmel
May 4, 2020
Given the current situation, and with May being Mental Health Awareness Month, now is the time to create a strong plan before our country opens up and everyone returns to
Category: New York
We Must Support Our Workers
Laura Ahern, Candidate for NYS Senate District One
May 3, 2020
Suffolk County, NY – As a social worker, victim’s rights lawyer, and now as a candidate for NY State Senate in District 1 in Suffolk County, I have devoted my
COVID-19 Antibody Testing for Frontline First Responders
Stephanie West
May 2, 2020
Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that the city’s 11 public hospitals [NYC Health + Hospitals] will offer free antibody testing for first responders on the frontlines of the COVID-19
Out of Work, New Yorkers Call for Rent Cancellation on May Day
Naeisha Rose
May 2, 2020
New York, NY – Thousands of Americans took to the streets and the virtual world for the #CancelRent strike on May Day — the international holiday celebrating workers from around
Workers Need to be Safe and Healthy
RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum
May 1, 2020
New York, NY – Statement from RWDSU President Stuart Applebaum on Trump evoking the defense protection act mandating poultry and meat processors remain open. “We only wish that this administration
NYC Introduces “Project Cupid”
Stephanie West
May 1, 2020
NEW YORK, NY — New York City’s “Project Cupid,” will enable the completion of the marriage license process to be completed online. All couples who want to get married in New York
NYC Nurses Help a ‘Teddy Bear’ Beat the Coronavirus
Tim Sheard
April 30, 2020
Editor’s Note: This report is based on conversations with Nurse T., who works in an ICU in a New York hospital that serves an impoverished Black and Hispanic community. New
Union Brother Remembers MTA Conductor Ben Schaeffer as a Man Who ‘Wanted to Make Things Better’
Silver Krieger
April 30, 2020
New York, NY – When the call went out for blood donations to try and help save MTA conductor Ben Schaeffer’s life, his union brothers at TWU Local 100 stepped
Covid-19 and Hospital Inequality; Why It’s Getting Worse, and How to Fix It
Barbara Caress Reprinted: URBAN MATTERS
April 30, 2020
New York, NY – The Covid-19 pandemic is hitting the underfinanced hospitals serving thousands of poor and working-class New Yorkers the hardest. The emergency federal funds for hospitals haven’t corrected
Workers Circle Yiddish Concert Celebrates May Day; Benefits Florida Farmworkers
Naeisha Rose
April 29, 2020
New York, NY – The Workers Circle, a Jewish organization celebrating its 120th anniversary this year, will be hosting a virtual Yiddish sing-along concert this weekend as part of May
