Cough Up the Sick Days
Leave your thoughtsThe City Council is currently considering a bill that would require all employers to provide paid sick leave to…
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2010 Census Is Just Around the Corner
Leave your thoughtsIt’s nearly time to stand up and be counted. The Census Bureau will begin mailing out questionnaires for the…
NY Senator Gets Latino Support on Immigration
Leave your thoughtsWashington, DC Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY) stressed the urgency for action on a comprehensive solution to our dysfunctional…
A Close Look at the Citys Condo Crisis
Leave your thoughtsTo expose the pervasiveness of empty or stalled luxury condos and to convince the city to convert these unused…
Condos, Condos Everywhere
Leave your thoughtsThe Right to the City-NYC, a coalition of New York City community organizations**, released a new examination of the number…
Bklyn Groups To Rally at Albee Square Today for Use of Vacant Condos by Low-Income New Yorkers
Leave your thoughtsDOWNTOWN BROOKLYN The Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (FUREE), based in Brooklyn, plans to rally…
Gay Advocates Encouraged by Hate Crimes Bill
Leave your thoughtsAs gay and immigrant rights advocates congregated in Jackson Heights, Queens, last week to educate citizens about their rights, Karina…
Survey Finds 601 Troubled Condo Projects
Leave your thoughtsThere are a total of 601 condominium buildings scattered across a half dozen neighborhoods in the city that have…
New York Congressman Urges President Obama to Go Forward with Immigration Reform
Leave your thoughtsAlmost two months after the deadline Sen. Charles Schumer had set for himself to introduce a comprehensive immigration reform bill…
Preocupan crímenes de odio contra inmigrantes contra LGBT en Nueva York
Leave your thoughtsTanto organizaciones que trabajan por la defensa de los derechos de las personas inmigrantes como las que luchan por los…