New York Legislature Passes Historic Wage Theft Protection Act
Leave your thoughtsThe Wage Theft Prevention Act (S8380 [2]/Savino – A11726 [3]/Heastie), has now passed both houses protecting thousands of hard-working men…
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Speaker Quinn and HPD Commissoner Cestero Announce Action by the City Council to Expand Law for New Yorkers Living in the City’s Worst Buildings
Leave your thoughtsCity Hall City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Rafael E.…
City Council Moves to Expand Safety Housing Law
Leave your thoughtsThe City Council is seeking to expand the citys Safe Housing Law to include asthma triggers, including mold and vermin…
Bushwick Rallies for Immigration Reform
Leave your thoughtsThe Republicans took Congress earlier this month, and with the change, comprehensive immigration reform is probably off the table for…
City Pushed to Action on Staten Island Tenants’ Nightmares
Leave your thoughtsSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Its a baby step in a big housing mess on the North Shore. The citys housing…
Contest Over the DREAM Act for Immigration Intensifies at a Brooklyn Rally
Leave your thoughtsBoth sides of the immigration debate are mobilizing in response to the upcoming congressional vote on the DREAM Act, which…
Undocumented Students Want Pols to Green-Light Green Cards so They Can DREAM of Better Future
Leave your thoughtsHigh school seniors from Queens made dozens of phone calls Wednesday, urging lawmakers to pass a bill that would give…
As Vote Nears, Local Students Pressure Congress on DREAM Act
Leave your thoughtsAs Congress prepares to vote on the DREAM Act next week, undocumented students in New York are making hundreds of…
Our Last Chance This Year to Make Sure Workers Get Paid
Leave your thoughtsEvery year in New York City, workers are stiffed out of almost $1 billion in wages by deadbeat employers who…
Restaurateur Accused of Wage Theft
Leave your thoughtsSalvadorian native Dimas Pineda, 48, worked 12-hours-a-day, six-days-a-week for 14 years at Plaza Garibaldi Restaurant in Jackson Heights. Pineda said…