Clergy Rally with Home Care Workers to Support Fair Pay
By SHIRLEY ALVAREZ New York City faith leaders and homecare workers gathered to support the fight for a wage increase for people who care for …[read more]
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Advocates Call for Better Elder Care at CUNY Conference
By BILLY WOOD One in every five New Yorkers will be 60 or older by 2040. Yet the nation is struggling with elder care. There …[read more]
NYC Campaign Finance Board Finds Three Candidates Guilty of Campaign Violations
By SAMIA AFSAR The New York City Campaign Finance Board met February 10, to deliberate about campaign violations by three losing candidates from the 2017 …[read more]
Prospect Heights under high Covid-19 transmission
By ELSA AMAYA While COVID cases are decreasing in most New York neighborhoods, the Clinton Hill/Prospect Heights neighborhood case rates are still substantial. Therefore the …[read more]
#StandWithUkraine Rally Fights for Peace
By GABRIEL SALAS Amid growing tensions between Russia and the United States over the future of Ukraine, American-based Ukrainians are speaking out, saying they do …[read more]
NYC Comptroller Backs East Village Starbucks Union Drive
By SHIRLEY ALVAREZ New York – Workers at the Astor Place Starbucks in the East Village joined the list of employees supporting the drive to …[read more]
The ‘Great Resignation’ – Economists Debate Why
By: TYRELL INGRAM and SAMIA AFSAR A record 20 million workers quit their jobs in the second half of 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau …[read more]
Bread and books distributed in the Bushwick area
By ELSA AMAYA St. John’s “Bread and Life” brings just that to the Bushwick community. A community based organization located at 795 Lexington Ave in …[read more]
Finding Family in West Indian Slave History
By ENRICO DENARD For people whose ancestry has been painfully intertwined with slave history, constructing a family tree can be a difficult topic. As part …[read more]
400 People Rally Virtually for More State Funding for the Disabled
By SHIRLEY ALVAREZ The pandemic hasn’t stopped disabled New Yorkers from advocating for equal education. CUNY Coalition for Students with Disabilities, CCSD, held their fourth …[read more]