Brooklyn Dems Target Socialist Nurse in June 28 Assembly Primary
Phara Souffrant Forrest has been a dynamic force in Albany in her first term. The party establishment wants to make it her last.
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New York
Housing Activists March on Wall St. to Demand Tenants Rights
Tenant power in the city mounts; calls grow for the passage of the Good Cause Eviction bill.
NY Farmworker Overtime Laws Are Changing, But Only at a Snail’s Pace
New York is dragging its feet compared to other states that have moved forward with farmworker overtime measures.
This Month in Eric Adams: The Mayor Extends the Blue Wall of Silence to the Whole of City Government
Adams reverses a de Blasio-era rule requiring top mayoral officials to disclose meetings with lobbyists while his lawyers tutor administration employees in the new omerta.
Beyond Con Ed: For New York, Public Power is the Past and the Future
There’s an alternative to the utility monopoly’s soaring rates, shoddy service and indifference to climate change.
As Historic Election Begins, Meet the Workers Who Built a Union at Amazon’s Staten Island Complex
Today kicks off the first day of a five-day union election at Staten Island’s largest Amazon warehouse, JFK8. Meet some of the Amazon workers who are determined to win the election and transform how the company treats its workers.
Homeless New Yorkers Respond to Mayor’s Plan to Boot Them from Subway System
“There’s got to be a better way to handle the situation,” says one homeless man who ended up on the streets following an eviction. “It’s inhumane to not let people sleep in the subway system.”
Socialism Returns to the Lower East Side
DSA candidate Illapa Sairitupac vows to “take risks” and fight for his community’s working-class residents.
Good-Cause Eviction Tops Tenants’ 2022 Agenda
Proposed law that would give protections to more than 1.6 million NY households gains momentum in Albany.
Deliveristas Win Long-Sought Protections
Tip payment protections, restroom access and more.