Despite Critics, de Blasio Finds Success in Pursuit of Liberal Agenda
Leave your thoughtsOn the surface, these are rocky days for Mayor Bill de Blasio, whose infant tenure has endured impasse in Albany,…
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Disparate groups make last minute budget pleas in Capitol demonstration
Leave your thoughtsA wide array of advocacy groups – asking for everything from affordable housing to the DREAM Act and workers rights…
Dozens arrested at permitless Governor One Percent rally
Leave your thoughtsDozens of people have been arrested so far at a protest outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office, with others out in…
Video:Occupy groups protest at State Capitol
Leave your thoughtsThat was just one of the chants Occupy Albany protesters were shouting outside Governor Cuomo’s office Thursday. More than 100…
Cuomo gets protests from the left, right in Albany
Leave your thoughtsWithin two days, religious conservatives and social liberals mounted separate protests outside Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s Capitol office. Such protests…
Video: Políticos y activistas latinos buscan rescatar a la “Ley de Sueño”
Leave your thoughtsMientras un grupo de legisladores y activistas intenta resucitar la conocida como “Ley de Sueño” muchos aún se preguntan por…
McDonalds Franchise Operator To Pay 500K In Wage Theft Settlement With New York
Leave your thoughtsIn an agreement with the New York state Attorney General’s office, the owner of several McDonald’s locations in Manhattan will…
FAST-FOOD PROTESTS SHIFT FOCUS TO ‘WAGE THEFT’
Leave your thoughtsOrganizers of the fast-food protests for higher pay on Tuesday shifted their attention to another issue: “wage theft.” Protesters planned…
Displaced by Sandy, LI renters long for home
Leave your thoughtsLong Island renters displaced by superstorm Sandy, facing a lack of available housing and rising costs, are increasingly desperate to…
Worker Advocates, DOL At Odds Over Wage Theft
Leave your thoughtsDespite having thousands of unresolved cases of proported wage theft on its hands, the Department of Labor [DOL] says it…