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Hundreds of Queens residents attended a town hall at the Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities Center hosted by state Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-East Elmhurst) Monday night to discuss Mets owner

Hundreds of Queens residents attended a town hall at the Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities Center hosted by state Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-East Elmhurst) Monday night to discuss Mets owner

A raid at the home of Adams' lead fundraiser adds to a growing snowball of law enforcement actions targeting figures in and around his administration.

Workers, especially people of color and immigrants, are suffering in increasingly hot weather. But some advocates and lawmakers have solutions.

The state legislature has failed to pass major legislation that advocates say would have a direct impact on the state's growing immigrant communities.

In New York, “there haven’t been too many updates” since the Assembly went public with its union effort in January.

Seven workers' organizations have compiled a database on wage theft during the pandemic totaling $130.5 million owed to workers. The preliminary data from just seven groups dwarfs the nearly $3 million Gov. Kathy Hochul boasted of the state having recovered for workers last year. A preliminary version of this data has been shared with City Limits.

Employees in the Assembly are joining their state Senate colleagues to organize for better pay and hours.

Volunteers are collecting donations, delivering pizzas and even opening up their homes to helping Venezuelan migrants arriving by bus from Texas.

About 10% of the 700-some Senate staffers have officially joined the organizing efforts for the New York State Legislative Workers Union.