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New York City Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams released the following statement after Governor Andrew Cuomo signed S.830B into law, which restores voting rights...
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Last month, Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York City Council announced their plan to support sex workers as part of the City’s police reform efforts.
But this...
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On Friday, May 7, at 12:00pm, NYC Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez will oversee the renaming of a street to honor the legacy of Black Nationalist Carlos Cooks.
...
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Rise Above COVID is partenering with over 200 barbershops, in places like New York City, to raise awareness of ACTIV-2, a nationwide clinical trial...
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The following statement was released by the DC 37 Union boss Henry Garrido (above) regarding the resumption of 80,000 municipal employees returning to their offices to...
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Teamsters Local 237 today endorsed City Comptroller Scott Stringer for Mayor of New York City.
Local 237, which represents 24,000 City employees,...
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Above Kenneth, a client with The Fortune Society, gains valuable digital skills for job readiness with the help of Fortune's Employment Services department....
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The Haitian American Business Network, Haitian American Caucus and Haitian Americans United For Progress Wednesday announced that they have joined the New York Coalition...
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(CNN) - Federal agents executed a search warrant Wednesday at the Manhattan apartment of Rudy Giuliani, advancing a criminal investigation by federal prosecutors that has...
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Tuesday the Center for Constitutional Rights announced that the New York City police, corrections and fire unions finally threw in the towel on a lawsuit to...
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The New York City Council passed a spate of policing bills last month that Mayor Bill de Blasio hailed as “a very, very strong reform package.”...
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The People's Organization For Progress (POP) will march for George Floyd, voting rights, and a $15 minimum wage on the eve of the 53rd anniversary of the assassination of Dr...
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Today, Governor Cuomo signed the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) into law, the nation’s most comprehensive policy to legalize, tax, and regulate...
First Lady McCray. Demetrius Freeman/NYC Mayoral Photography Office.
New York City First Lady Chirlane McCray and others are calling on the State legislature to increase funding to the...
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In anticipation of the anniversary of Governor Cuomo's March Advisory, which directed nursing homes in the state to accept patients who had or were suspected of having...
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