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Reopening schools has been one of the most contested issues of the COVID-19 era, and few have been happy with the pace – parent, teacher or student. One person who thought New York City has tackled it correctly is Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers. Unlike some national labor figures, Weingarten remains influential among local education unions in New York, where she headed the United Federation of Teachers from 1998 to 2009.
7. John Samuelsen
International President, Transport Workers Union
As international president of the Transport Workers Union, John Samuelsen represents 150,000 transit workers, including 41,000 at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, his former employer whose tracks stretch from New York City to Poughkeepsie and Montauk. After a $3.9 billion bailout in March 2020, the MTA is receiving another $6 billion in aid via the American Rescue Plan, sidestepping once again the looming jobs catastrophe caused by the pandem
Tourist stabbed in New York City subway
Calls for increased police on subway
With rising concerns over safety on New York City s subways, the NYPD is now beefing up patrols in the subway system.
NEW YORK - A man is under arrest in connection with the stabbing on a train at a Lower Manhattan subway station.
It happened about 7:45 p.m. on Sunday on a downtown 2 train at the Chambers Street subway station.
The victim was stabbed in the stomach with an apparent screwdriver.
The victim s wife reportedly pointed out the suspect to police at the station and he was taken into custody.
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Andrew Yang landed the endorsement of Rep. Grace Meng today, boosting his bid to be New York City’s first Asian American mayor at an auspicious time for the city’s Asian community.
“I will work my heart out to make sure that he is elected,” Meng, who represents Queens, said at an endorsement event in Flushing. Meng will be a co-chair of Yang’s mayoral campaign, joining Rep. Ritchie Torres and Martin Luther King III.
Meng is the first Asian American elected to Congress from New York and the highest-ranking Asian official in the city.
“I would be honored to follow in her footsteps as the first Asian American mayor in the history of our great city. I will be a mayor for all New Yorkers, and I think New Yorkers sense that,” Yang said. “But I will say that it will give me a special degree of pride to help make Asian Americans in our city feel like we are part of the fabric of this city,” he said, adding that the community has been treated as a
Food delivery riders are causing total utter anarchy for pedestrians and drivers on Sydney s roads, the chairman of the Pedestrian Council of Australia claims.
Harold Scruby is blaming a lack of law enforcement for cyclists and delivery riders causing havoc on major roads, even leading to a number of tragic deaths.
He referenced the death of an 89-year-old grandfather, Chengyi Shi, who died after he was hit by a rider who ran a red light on an electric bike in Kirribilli.
Mr Scruby feels so strongly about the problem that he has stepped down from a taskforce that attempts to protect food delivery riders through better regulation.
Calls grow for increased police presence in NYC subway
Calls for increased police on subway
With rising concerns over safety on New York City s subways, the NYPD is now beefing up patrols in the subway system.
NEW YORK - The Transit Workers Union and the MTA are calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to deploy more police officers into the subway system following an increase in attacks on riders and transit workers. My members are in the hospital getting stabbed, getting punched, getting spit on, said Tony Utano, President of the TWU Local 100.
This week alone, an emotionally disturbed person held up service for 90 minutes after breaking into a conductor s cab on a J train.