April 26, 2013 Stephanie West Bill de Blasio NEW YORK NY – Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has called for a major overhaul of the City’s affordable housing strategy, announcing…
April 25, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco Trade Fair workers unite against management. Queens, New York – The union representing about 100 Trade Fair supermarket workers locked out of their meat department…
…spaces. In lieu taxes, Starwood’s estimated annual rent bill – set for the first 25 years of its 97-year lease with the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation – is estimated to…
April 24, 2013 By Labor Market Information Services OVERVIEW New York City’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased from February to March 2013 from 9.1% to 8.9%. This is also lower…
April 19, 2013 By Stephanie West Yetta Kurland New York NY – The Council of School Supervisors and Administrators (CSA) has unanimously endorsed Yetta Kurland for City Council in District…
…program will be a big success because of their dedication.” The initiative, which began Wednesday April 13, 2013 at August Martin High School in Queens with more than 100 students…
…least 100 additional personnel, though only 17 positions were filled. There are currently at least 200 eligible candidates on civil service lists who have passed both written and verbal exams,…
…Martha and many other activists, business owners, workers, and residents protested last year, when Walmart began construction on the controversial Chinatown location. Attach the video that’s on the website: http://www.ufcw.org/2013/04/08/our-walmart-members-attend-press-conference-surrounding-fight-to-keep-walmart-out-of-chinatown/…
…more than an hour in both directions. She also supports mayoral control of the MTA and acknowledged she’s wary of supporting the remaining build-out of one of the city’s biggest…
…basis for Liu’s The People’s Budget, which includes revenue growth, cost savings and new investments and would net nearly $15 billion over four years. The budget would help to restore…
