…directly affect their residents. While communities across the State face a range of housing difficulties, the housing market in New York City is unlike any other. New York City’s local…
…the Poor Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed FY 2012 budget paints a grim picture for all of New York City, especially for poor working parents and their children. Among many cuts proposed…
Letter to the Editor – Governors Plan March 9, 2011 Caribbean Americans for a Better New York New York state faces the most serious financial crisis in our state’s history….
…bill TODAY! Tell your Senators that cuts to child care and Head Start funding are not acceptable! Parents need child care to work. We can’t improve the economy without working…
…party and our state. As we all know, New York faces serious fiscal problems. We all understand that difficult decisions must be made. As loyal Democrats, we believe that protecting…
…services necessary to building a better New York for all. Proposed cuts will hurt New York‘s most vulnerable – our children, our grandparents, our national heroes veterans and the mentally…
Maintain Teacher Seniority March 4, 2011 By Stephanie Barlie & Kayty Himmelstein Currently, New York State’s seniority rule protects experienced teachers from layoffs, a policy sometimes known as “last in,…
…a Republican senator from Suffolk County, introduced legislation that lays out a maze of new rules to determine layoff order only for New York City. Make no mistake: this bill…
…that will do our city fabric serious harm.” As the President of the New York City Central Labor Council, Ahern represents 1.3 million workers in the City of New York…
…New York Times which was faxed daily to the ship During my 16 days abroad, the world went crazy. We saw revolutions, minor and major, take place in a number…
