How Democrats, advocates are mobilizing for Equal Rights Amendment in New York
Leave your thoughtsA coalition of progressive advocates with the backing of prominent Democratic elected officials in New York is launching a multimillion-dollar…
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This app is helping workers reclaim millions in lost wages
Leave your thoughtsAs Rodrigo Camarena sees it, you can hail a car and order food on your smartphone; why shouldn’t it also help…
NY Dems Pass Medical Debt Relief as Progressives Push to Expand Healthcare to Undocumented Residents
Leave your thoughtsIn New York, a battle is brewing over a bill called Coverage for All that would use a surplus of…
The Assembly Can Make History by Passing Health Coverage for All
Leave your thoughtsThe pandemic has reinforced for all of us that access to health coverage and care is often a matter of…
¿Qué pasos faltan para que 240,000 neoyorquinos “sin papeles” tengan acceso a un seguro básico de salud?
Leave your thoughtsEste viernes líderes electos y voceros comunitarios exhortaron a la gobernadora Hochul a solicitar al gobierno federal una exención técnica…
Rent Guidelines Board holds final public hearing
Leave your thoughtsNew Yorkers in rent-stabilized housing units could see higher rent in just a few months, as the Rent Guidelines Board…
Coalition launching advertisements opposing mayor’s budget cuts to social services
Leave your thoughtsA coalition of community groups is taking aim at Mayor Eric Adams’ proposed cuts to some social services by launching…
As Senate Approves ‘Coverage for All,’ Focus Shifts to Assembly on Health Coverage for Undocumented New Yorkers
Leave your thoughtsIn the final days of the legislative session in Albany last week, the State Senate passed a bill that would…
Hochul questions expanding health care regardless of immigration status
Leave your thoughtsAdvocates are trying to ratchet up support for a bill to expand health care coverage to include more New Yorkers…
Elected officials and local organizations demand cuts to NYPD budget
Leave your thoughtsCommunity organizations and elected officials are calling on the mayor’s office to cut funding from the NYPD and use it…