Democrats’ cave on DACA, government shutdown is a ‘slap in the face’
Leave your thoughtsToday, Sen. Charles Schumer and the Senate Democrats voted to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government until February 8th. The…
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City Council group urges JP Morgan Chase to ditch Trump advisory council as other CEOs flee theirs
Leave your thoughtsAs CEOs flee President Trump’s business advisory councils, the City Council’s Progressive Caucus is calling on JP Morgan Chase to…
Protesters rip Chase for funding private prisons, immig jails
Leave your thoughtsImmigrants and allies hold a rally on Wednesday against JPMorgan Chase to protest the bank’s financing of private immigrant detention…
80 immigration groups sign on to Controller Scott Stringer’s proposal for fund to cover citizenship fee
Leave your thoughtsEighty immigrants rights groups have signed on to city Controller Scott Stringer’s proposal for a public-private fund to cover the…
Arresting and suspending students costs city millions each year, report says
Leave your thoughtsAdvocates ripped the city for arresting and suspending students in a withering report that claims those policies cost the city…
EXCLUSIVE: NYC urged to mandate that housing developments on public land give 10% of apartments to homeless amid Brooklyn Armory controversy
Leave your thoughtsAdvocates for the homeless are calling on the city to adopt a new policy that calls for all development on…
Queens car wash workers clean up with $130G settlement against pay-shorting boss
Leave your thoughtsCar wash workers in Queens who sued their employer for withholding overtime earnings and paying them less than minimum wage…
Transit advocates want MetroCard discount for low-income New Yorkers
Leave your thoughtsWith MetroCard prices always on the rise, a transit group on Sunday called on the city to give struggling New…
Parents, education activists rally at City Hall to support Mayor de Blasio’s community schools initiative
Leave your thoughtsDozens of parents, education activists and elected officials rallied at City Hall on Tuesday to show support for Mayor de…
Twin sons of undocumented immigrants on Staten Island seek to help others, after hearing parents’ stories of Mexican life
Leave your thoughtsJeff and Kevin Quintero, 15-year-old twins from Staten Island, have heard the stories about the perils of the life their…