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Excluded Workers Fight for Easier Access to Excluded Workers Fund
More than 200,000 NYC workers are eligible for benefits of as much as $15,600. But burdensome paperwork requirements could hinder access to first-of-its-kind fund.
Haitian-Born Educator Rita Joseph Wins District 40 Council Seat, Promises Shift to the Left
“Being a Black immigrant woman, and a Black mother specifically, has shaped my worldview and my legislative priorities significantly,” says Joseph, whose district spans parts of Crown Heights, Flatbush, East Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Prospect Park and Prospect Lefferts Gardens.
De Blasio Cha-Cha Slides in Flatbush to Promote ‘Summer Rising’ Amid Teacher’s Union Concerns
On July 6, Mayor Bill de Blasio saw how low he and a group of elementary school kids could…
Inside ICE’s Immigrant Transfer Roulette
ICE detainees held in Jersey jails are being scattered around the country and rarely know in advance where they are going.
“I’m going to be a fighter for the people,” says the former legislative staffer who broke with the Jersey machine early in her career and is now running to replace Donald Payne Jr. who inherited his congressional seat from his father 10 years ago.
#Defund Continues: City Hall Budget Justice Rally Calls for Divesting from the NYPD
On June 30 the city council passed the fiscal year 2022 budget, increasing NYPD spending by $200 million.
A City Fights for Its Public Colleges
New book explores lessons learned during the five-year battle to save the City College of San Francisco.
#FreeBritney and All Saudi Women Too
A look at Saudi Arabia’s restrictions on women shows that Britney’s case should be seen through an international lens.
Battery Park City Protesters Occupy Beloved Park to Halt Cuomo’s Bulldozers
They say tearing up green space to build a concrete memorial to essential workers would be a monumental blunder.
Brooklynites woke up last Thursday to find a newly erected, 14-foot-tall bust of George Floyd had been defaced overnight…
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