Union protesters put fat cats up against the Wall
Leave your thoughtsHundreds of union members and their supporters [including members of Make the Road New York] marched from City Hall to…
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Liu’s anti-immigrant biz vote
Leave your thoughtsComptroller John Liu — the first Asian-American to hold citywide office — voted against a $300,000 plan yesterday to assist…
Plea to end classroom closures
Leave your thoughtsDennis Walcott’s first assignment as schools chancellor should be reversing the policy of shutting down struggling schools, said the teachers…
Empty Seats are Hard Sell
Leave your thoughtsWalmart passed up a chance to take a seat at yesterday’s raucous City Council hearing on the mega-retailer’s latest push…
Schools Chancellor Cathie Black heckled as 12 schools shut
Leave your thoughtsThis time it was personal. Schools Chancellor Cathie Black underwent a scathing verbal attack last night during a wild hearing…
Dept. of Ed. Sets Up Many Schools to Fail
Leave your thoughtsThe Department of Education has for years been able to predict which schools will fail based on a number of…
Quinn Steps Up for NYC
Leave your thoughtsNew York’s businesses dodged a bul let yesterday: City Council Speaker Christine Quinn iced a horribly timed paid-sick-leave bill —…
Quinn Quashes $ick Bill
Leave your thoughtsIn a stunning defeat for the labor-backed Working Families Party, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn yesterday announced her opposition to…
City Workers’ Load of ‘Ill’-Gotten Gains
Leave your thoughtsAs the City Council considers a bill to mandate that all businesses provide paid sick time for workers, a study…
Libs ‘Employ’ New Bill Tactic
Leave your thoughtsAs small businesses across the city fight a proposal to mandate paid sick days for their employees, a group that…