Vox Pop: Taxi Drivers Celebrate Major Debt Relief, End Hunger Strike
We hear from six New York Taxi Workers Alliance drivers who part took in months-long action to lessen their medallion debts.
The Indypendent
De Blasio
Incarcerated people and staffers describe how the penal colony became a site of unimaginable horrors in the past year.
Taxi Drivers Launch Hunger Strike Outside of City Hall
Cabbies seek relief from crushing debts.
Op-Ed: Rikers Island, a Longstanding Emergency That We Can End
The limelight is once again shining on the inhumane conditions at the notorious city jail. Two abolitionists explain how to shut down operations on the island without expanding NYC’s carceral system.
Where Progressives Stand After NYC’s Primary Elections
This article was originally published by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung’s NYC office. Eric Adams carried City Council District 9 in Harlem…
Residents Speak Out as Mayor Moves Forward with Plan to Bulldoze East River Park
The plan is not the only way to protect the flood zone. In 2018, Mayor de Blasio overruled a plan that would save the park while still providing flood protection.
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…
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.
Washington Square Park Parties On
After last week’s police crackdown, NYPD stands aside on Saturday night as revelers enjoy the park late into the night.
Social Justice Bait-and-Switch
City invokes George Floyd’s name in order to justify developer giveaway in SoHo rezoning battle.