Group seeks deadline relief for Staten Island Sandy survivors
Leave your thoughtsThe Staten Island Interfaith Disaster Response Coalition, which continues to grow in numbers and influence, agreed on Wednesday to advocate…
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Ayudan a inmigrantes afectados por Sandy
Leave your thoughtsEquipos de trabajadores visitarán específicamente los hogares de inmigrantes impactados por Sandy, evaluarán sus necesidades más inmediatas y les conectarán…
Mayor’s office reaching out to Staten Island immigrants impacted by Hurricane Sandy
Leave your thoughtsSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — In an initiative that responds to requests by Staten Island advocacy groups, outreach teams comprising workers…
Minimum Wage Hike a Key Ingredient for Economic Recovery in New York
Leave your thoughtsWith working families in New York still struggling to make ends meet in this sluggish economic recovery, Albany lawmakers should…
Cuomo olvida a ‘soñadores’
Leave your thoughtsExpertos recibieron con encontrados sentimientos el discurso pronunciado ayer por el gobernador Andrew Cuomo, en el que anunció aumentar el…
Sandy Victims Getting Restless Over Recovery Planning
Leave your thoughtsNearly two and a half months after Sandy devastated New York City, there are still residents in affected areas without…
Video: Cuomo’s Proposed Minimum Wage Hike Receives Mixed Reactions
Leave your thoughtsMinimum wage workers will getting a pay raise if Gov. Andrew Cuomo gets the $1.50 hike he called for during…
Staten Island’s FEMA centers to close as NY State takes reins
Leave your thoughtsThe city is gradually preparing to hand over the bulk of long-term Hurricane Sandy relief to the state and the…
Llegó el momento del DREAM Act
Leave your thoughtsLíderes de ambos partidos políticos han expresado que están dispuestos a trabajar juntos para llegar a un acuerdo sobre la …
Cuomo: NY should raise minimum wage to $8.75 an hour.
Leave your thoughtsGov. Andrew M. Cuomo Wednesday called for raising the minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $8.75, or 25 cents…