Groups to picket Gov. Cuomo fundraiser over PR money woes
Leave your thoughtsWhile Puerto Rico’s 3.5 million residents continue to face a frightening government default on its debt, a group of New…
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Hedge fund moguls who played role in Puerto Rico’s money woes will be greeted by protesters at swanky fundraiser for Gov. Cuomo
Leave your thoughtsWhile Puerto Rico’s 3.5 million residents continue to face a frightening government default on its debt, a group of New…
Gonzalez: State Senate duo puts landlords ahead of renters with votes that led rent regulations to expire
Leave your thoughtsTwo state senators from Brooklyn betrayed our city and thousands of their constituents Monday night by providing the decisive votes…
Brooklyn Borough president, tenants plan sleep-in protest at Cuomo’s office over rent laws
Leave your thoughtsBrooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and tenant advocates plan to sleep outside Gov. Cuomo’s Manhattan office Wednesday night to protest…
EXCLUSIVE: Advocacy groups say City Hall can do more to help New York’s struggling immigrants, report says
Leave your thoughtsCity Hall is not doing enough to help New York’s struggling immigrants, a new report says, and needs to commit…
A crooked path to fairer pay: Gov. Cuomo’s wage board gambit for fast-food workers
Leave your thoughtsRemember back in 2011, in the heyday of Occupy Wall Street, when the question echoing across America was “what do…
Immigrants rally over stall in Obamas Deferred Action work permit program
Leave your thoughtsThe federal government was initially set to start accepting applications Tuesday for the President’s executive action granting work permits to…
Housing regulation is an immigrant issue, advocates say
Leave your thoughtsHis landlord recently gut-renovated apartments on the second floor, installing stainless steel appliances. But Brooklyn carpenter Israel Barrionuevo’s rent-stabilized home…
Bill de Blasio to propose sweeping changes to rein in NYC rents
Leave your thoughtsMayor de Blasio is after some rent that’s too damn high. De Blasio will propose Tuesday the most sweeping expansion…
Activists urge City Council to drop plan to hire 1,000 NYPD cops
Leave your thoughtsNearly 60 progressive groups urged the City Council Thursday to drop its plan for 1,000 new cops. Communities United for…