In the race for an open seat in Assembly District 65, “the Lower East Side and Chinatown are not for sale,” says Lee’s opponent Illapa Sairitupac, who is relying on a large base of volunteers to overcome his financial disadvantage.
The City’s plan to move 250,000 retired municipal workers from Medicare to an inferior, privately run plan has been thwarted for now.
The Robinson-Torain family was on the verge of being thrown out of its home of 70 years when eviction defenders showed up to help.
NYC Tenants Fight Many Forms of Displacement, Find Community
Over the past week, tenant groups around the city have rallied in defense of their rights. Read a collection of their stories.
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.”
CUNY Adjuncts Dish Out Demands at “Brunch with Felo”
CUNY Chancellor has devastated student enrollment, faculty jobs with rigid in-person teaching requirement, protesters say from in front of his home.
Eric Adams’ Weird and Wild First Month
There’s never a dull moment with the mayor who vowed to restore “swagger” to New York City.
Is Eric Adams Playing Black Voters?
NYC’s new mayor tapped into the highly charged dream of a strong Black father figure. The reality of governing, however, is turning out to be messier than the dream and may require an intervention by some of his most ardent supporters.
Solidarity Wins in Columbia Strike Victory
Columbia’s student workers delivered an invaluable lesson — one day longer, one day stronger — that you don’t have to have to go to graduate school to understand.
Columbia Admin Claims Picket Line Violence but Three Indypendent Reporters Say They Saw None
On Wednesday morning, striking members of Student Workers of Columbia-UAW Local 2110 established picket lines at entrances on all…