Schools Get Mixed Report Card at Hearing
Leave your thoughtsIt ain’t broke, but it needs some fixin’. That was the general consensus at the first in a series of…
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Group Wants Better Handling of NYPD Complaint Board
Leave your thoughtsA coalition of New Yorkers are calling for changes to how officer misconduct cases are handled through the city’s Civilian…
LGBTQ Groups of Color Work to Build Bridges
Leave your thoughtsTammys video is right on. One of the lessons we learned from the defeat of the No on 8 campaign…
Labor Department Initiative Empowers Ordinary People to Join the Fight Against Wage Theft
Leave your thoughtsNew York Wage Watch, the Only One of Its Kind in the Nation, to Roll out in New York City…
Street-Level Groups to Look Out for Labor Violations
Leave your thoughts*Co-Authored By Colin Moynihan To crack down on businesses that pay below the minimum wage, fail to pay overtime or…
REPORT: SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS READY TO PITCH IN TO FIX HEALTH CARE
Leave your thoughtsSurvey shows New York small business owners want a quality public health insurance option, are willing to contribute to a…
"WE WILL PAY!" SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WILLING TO ANTE UP FOR HEALTH CARE; 80% SURVEYED FAVOR PUBLIC INSURANCE OPTION.
Leave your thoughtsSurvey shows small business owners want a quality public health insurance option, are willing to contribute to a system of…
NY immigrant tenants live in unsafe, poor housing conditions
Leave your thoughtsA report on the challenges faced by immigrant tenants in New York City, recently released by the Pratt Center for…
With one unified voice, Parents sticking together
Leave your thoughtsTheres a new group representing parents as politicians decide the future of the public school system. More than 25 community…
Young New York City Immigrants, Parents Greet Obama Presidency Warmly
Leave your thoughtsDemographers say that by 2042, more than half of Americans will have non-white ancestry, primarily Latino, Asian or African. The…