Category: Politics

Rivera, who has been the subject of many claims of excessive force, and has been found to have used excessive force in at least two other cases…

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The process will start in the coming months with a discussion moderated by the Parks Department. It will include experts on accessible design and it will be open to the public.

“Sadly, one in 10 adults over age 60 suffers from abuse or neglect or is financially exploited and, too often, these crimes can often go unreported. But we’re working to end that,” said Adams.

Union members have thresholds about how much they need to earn to qualify for healthcare and pensions. Less days worked also limits their residuals. Comedy or variety show writers normally get paid weeks, months or years for their services. They don’t want to be “day” players who could be relieved by an employer who is simply avoiding residuals, healthcare and pensions. It is a disaster recipe for writers.

NYCHA residents of the Chelsea /Elliott/Fulton Houses had until May 20 to vote on their preference for redevelopment options for their neighborhoods.

A group of workers at the Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Chelsea submitted a petition in late May to hold a vote to oust their union, a little more than a year since employees at the location became the first in the chain to unionize in New York City.

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The WGA went on strike on May 2. The Director’s Guild of America is still at the negotiating table. The Screen Actors Guild- AFTRA will be negotiating on June 7. This is an important time for the creative community.

Until recently, almost all West Village residential buildings were conversions. With decades of constant conversions and building new residences, why isn’t there enough affordable housing already?

Plans are being formulated to construct a 100 percent affordable housing development on a vacant city-owned lot at 388 Hudson Street at Clarkson Street. Input is needed on key elements of the plan

The plan will aid in protecting buildings designated as historic landmarks that are at risk due to pre-existing unknown structural conditions, owner neglect and contractor negligence

More than a year after it was slated to be demolished, a beloved Greenwich Village supermarket still faces an uncertain future—and residents are making a renewed push to keep it around.

Since launching her own firm six years ago, Kaplan has initiated a constellation of cases against powerful, often intimidating forces: white supremacists, major Hollywood players, the president of the United States. Legal writer Dahlia Lithwick calls her “an attorney general for the resistance.”