This week the New York State Senate approved a measure to allow adult survivors of sexual harassment and assault to bring their abusers to court. Advocates
As mentioned in our “Morning Reads,” Mayor de Blasio is announcing this morning that the city will be spending $130 million to improve small parks in low income neighborhoods. The mayor’s office has not released the complete funding list just yet, but we have some additional details about the impact on the Lower East Side. […]
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The New York state Senate approved a measure this week to allow adult survivors of sexual harassment and assault to bring their abusers to court. Advocates
On Nov. 29, 2012, shortly after my two-year stint as an adjunct faculty instructor at City College, 14 of 17 scheduled employees at a Madison Avenue McDonald’s went on strike, joining 200 other fast-food workers across New York City. It was the first in an escalating series of nationwide actions demanding a $15 minimum wage and the right to join a union. Exactly four years later, at 6 a.m. on another November morning, I joined workers, organizers and elected officials in civil disobedience outside the McDonald’s located just steps from Wall Street, making the same demands.