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The Union Moved. The Beloved Mosaic Mural Couldn’t. The architect David Adjaye spurred a painstaking re-creation of a doomed artwork for its new home — and added a homage to the union’s place in social justice history. Anton Refregier’s mosaic tile mural on the front of the Martin Luther King Jr. Labor Center on West 43rd Street, the former headquarters of 1199 S.E.I.U., awaits an uncertain fate. The center is named for King because of the long mutual support they enjoyed.Credit...Amr Alfiky/The New York Times Published Feb. 23, 2021Updated Feb. 25, 2021 Not far from Times Sq...

Maya Wiley Gets A Boost From Coveted Union Endorsement arrow Maya Wiley tours the Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service. February 2021. Seth Wenig/AP/Shutterstock Maya Wiley’s week may not have started well, just missing the threshold to qualify for public funds, but it’s ending with a bang: the largest union representing the city’s healthcare workers, 1199SEIU, announced Friday that they are giving their endorsement — and their mighty political muscle — to her mayoral campaign. The union, which is comprised of a majority of women of color, i...

The endorsement by Local 1199 of the Service Employees International Union is a major win for Ms. Wiley. The union was a key early supporter of Bill de Blasio in another crowded mayor’s race in 2013.

Maya Wiley gets boost from powerful healthcare workers union in NYC mayoral bid Michael Gartland One of the city’s most powerful unions endorsed Maya Wiley in her mayoral run Friday, giving her campaign a much-needed shot in the arm after it failed to qualify for public matching funds earlier in the week. The endorsement from 1199 SEIU, which represents healthcare workers and is the largest union in the city, is a huge stamp of approval for Wiley and will translate into the union lending its significant get-out-the-vote muscle to her City Hall run. “Maya Wiley has the expe...

Feb 19, 2021 In the midst of the controversy over nursing home deaths during COVID-19, state Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo today announced sweeping nursing home reform legislation to increase transparency, hold nursing home operators accountable for misconduct and help ensure facilities are prioritizing patient care over profits as part of the 30-day amendments. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated existing health equity and access to care issues among all communities, however, the State’s minority communities and older adults have been disproportionately affected. These reforms would make permanent t...