…dollars. This does not include driving current and potential teachers from the profession, and the 4,600 former professional middle class New Yorkers who would join the expanding pool of the…
April 2, 2011 By Richard N. Gottfried, Assembly Health Committee Chair The new state budget enacted this week includes major cuts to a broad range of vital programs in health,…
April 2, 2011 By Bob Hennelly The collapse of the World Trade Center towers, the failure of New Orleans levies during hurricane Katrina, and the destruction of the half dozen…
April 2, 2011 By Linda Gomez Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Judiciary Committee Chair Helene Weinstein today announced the passage of legislation to better protect victims of domestic violence. The…
…other legislators from New York City also played to the home town crowd. Assemblyman Peter Abbate, introduced by Samuelsen as the man the New York Post called, “labor’s poodle,” relished…
Collective Bargaining and Benefits March 31, 2011 By Beatrice Block Many of us support collective bargaining. However, here in New York State, the private workers are getting less than the…
…Moss, an urban policy and planning professor at New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service. “There are new coalitions in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens. The liberal coalition of the…
March 30, 2011 By Stephanie West Schools Chancellor Cathie Black today launched the 2011 Community and Citywide Education Council Elections. Applications are posted online for parents interested in serving on…
…People Movement emphasized how New York’s share of the federal military budget is hurting people. “New Yorkers pay more than $60 billion for bombers and aircraft carriers used against Libya,…
…164B of the Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union (GMP) has been negotiating a new labor agreement at Pacific Steel for several months. The old agreement expired…
