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Can My Building Mandate Vaccinations for Workers and Staff? There will be plenty of legal hurdles, but some buildings are beginning to think about a future when mandatory vaccines are possible. Credit...Nadia Pillon Feb. 6, 2021 Q: Once the Covid-19 vaccine becomes more widely available, could my co-op board require building staff, like the doormen and porters, to get vaccinated? What about workers who come in periodically, like housekeepers or contractors renovating an apartment? A: Since we’re still in the earliest stages of inoculating the populous, we’re a long way from mandated vacci...

By MARC BUSSANICH Credits: Getty Images January 27, 2021 at 6:27 PM New York, NY—A coalition of five major city unions announced their endorsements for 31 City Council candidates, some of whom will represent the next generation of New York City Council leaders if elected on November 2. The Labor Strong 2021 coalition represents 362,000 workers in a variety of sectors, including healthcare, building services, telecommunications, hospitality and public service. The unions in the coalition include 32BJ SEIU, Communications Workers of America District 1, District Council 37, Hotel Trades Counc...

New York State and people and agencies residing here will receive more than $54 billion from the new stimulus package that passed in the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate Monday night. But none was being sought more vociferously by elected officials as the $4 billion that now is slated for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. MTA Chairman Patrick Foye was nothing if not direct Monday in the transcript of an interview with WCBS Radio provided by the agency. “The MTA will get for 2021 deficit over $4 billion ... and that will put us in a position where we won’t have to dr...

Firing Workers on the Boss’s Whim? New York Puts a Stop to That. American workers have no recourse if they’re fired for no reason. NYC’s new ‘just cause’ law for fast-food workers might begin to end this absurdity. McDonald’s french fries over Times Square, September 2, 2020, in New York New York City just became the first major American city to enact a law that gives a large swath of workers—New York’s 67,000 fast-food workers—“just cause” protections, meaning that these workers can only be fired for a legitimate reason, that their emplo...

38,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in New York State Gov. Cuomo says that New York has administered more doses of the vaccine than any other state. The state is also developing vaccine kits for remote areas. Author: Emyle Watkins Updated: 7:53 PM EST December 21, 2020 ALBANY, N.Y. — Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that New York State has administered 38,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, which his office says is the highest total in the nation. The state expects to see 466,000 doses of the vaccine arrive in the next week, including 346,200 d...