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Comptroller Scott Stringer has been angling for the teachers union’s support throughout his mayoral campaign. | Richard Drew/AP Photo
Teachers union backs Stringer in crucial nod for mayoral campaign
underperforming in early polls.
The nod from the United Federation of Teachers was more or less expected following the union’s final forum this month. Members told POLITICO it was between Stringer and former City Hall attorney Maya Wiley. But with the backing of the 200,000-member union as well as the endorsement of the Working Families Party last week, Team Stringer is getting a welcome boost as it heads into the final two months before the Democratic primary.
As the end to state and federal eviction moratoriums looms, many women and families are living on the brink of homelessness.
Unless immediate action is taken to prevent a tidal wave of women and children from losing their homes in the year ahead, even more families will fall into the vicious cycle of homelessness. (moms4housing / Instagram)
It is impossible to overstate how the pandemic has disproportionately burdened mothers in America, with a particularly devastating impact on Black and brown women. As COVID-19 cases spike, more women of color lose their jobs. As child care centers remain closed and schools stay remote, more mothers take on the additional responsibilities of teacher and caretaker during the workday.
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Amazon plans to to increase its representation of Black employees and women among its corporate workforce. Above, an Amazon tower is reflected in the Amazon Day 1 building above the Amazon Spheres in Seattle. (Amanda Snyder/Seattle Times/TNS)
New Amazon data shows Black, Latino and female employees are underrepresented in best-paid jobs
Amazon published Wednesday the most detailed look yet at its workforce demographic data, showing what many critics of the company have long suspected: Black, Latino and female employees are underrepresented in the best-paid jobs at Amazon.
The only segment where the number of women reflects countrywide demographics is among the company’s nearly 850,000 U.S. employees working lower-paid jobs, including in warehouses. Black and Latino workers are overrepresented in that slice of Amazon employees.
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Andrew Yang’s two campaign managers, his press secretary, his policy director and multiple senior advisers don’t actually work for his New York City mayoral campaign. They’re employed by Tusk Strategies, a lobbying firm that’s regularly hired by clients to advocate for or against bills that are being considered by the City Council and the mayor. And the arrangement raises concerns about what kind of access this lobbying firm – and the private clients that hire Tusk – would have to the mayor if Yang were to win the election.
“We believe that it is improper for the same firm to be both a campaign consultant, and then lobby the person that they helped to elect,” said Susan Lerner, executive director of good-government group Common Cause New York. Consultants build “a special relationship of trust” with the candidate, and Lerner added they’re increasingly cashing in on that relationship.