City doubles in-school testing. New safety measures will use at-home rapid tests, reduce unnecessary school absences.
Mayor elect Eric Adams and Mayor Bill de Blasio visit City Hall in Your Borough Resource Fair at Madison Square Boys’ and Girls’ Club Navy Yard. – New York, NY – November 16, 2021 (Shutterstock) NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio, Mayor-Elect Eric Adams, Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter, and Incoming Schools Chancellor David Banks today announced […]
Nurses took a stand outside of Bellevue hospital against racial injustice. – New York City, New York/USA June 9, 2020 (Shutterstock) December 28, 2021 – NEW YORK – The New York City Racial Justice Commission, the first of its kind in the nation, formed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, today marched from Foley Square to the […]
An essential delivery worker wearing personal protective equipment in Tribeca, New York during the COVID-19 pandemic. – New York, New York – April 03, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Brian Mann, NPR New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says most of the state’s essential workers can return to work just five days after a positive coronavirus test if […]
State guidelines and federal regulations mandate that home health aides working 24 hours at a client’s home get eight hours for sleep and three hours of meal breaks, all unpaid. But many workers say the rule routinely leads to underpayment because their patients actually need constant care, leaving the aides little time to sleep or take breaks.
Workers Against Wage Theft protest Gov. Cuomo for falling to act on Wage Theft problem that steals $1Billion in wages from workers each year. – New York City, New York/USA March 2, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Liz Donovan, City Limits For about six months during 2013 and 2014, Feng X. Liu spent multiple nights each week […]
Delivery man bikes through a blizzard to deliver food. Masked Man braces a storm as he petals through the thick snow. – New York, New York – January 5, 2021 Mayor Bill de Blasio announced several city agencies will implement workplace protections for delivery workers starting in 2022. Delivery app companies will be regulated through […]
NEW YORK, NY – Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Peter A. Hatch today announced that the amendment to the NYC Paid Safe and Sick Leave Law that provides additional leave for parents to get their kids vaccinated goes into effect tomorrow. In an effort to keeping the city healthy during the pandemic, the […]
By Dr. Dave A. Chokshi The holidays are here, and I know many New Yorkers are making difficult decisions on how to connect with family, friends and loved ones. This is a time of the year we all look forward to, and while this holiday may not be exactly what we wished for, we can […]
By Rodolfo Mendez, Martir Zambrano and Jorge Ramirez Almost all of New York’s workers begin to get overtime pay after working 40 hours a week. Yet under state law, farmworkers only get it after working 60 hours a week. Our work is tiring, and we suffer from injuries from repetitive work and the general nature […]
Last Stand March for Relief protest at Foley Square. – New York, NY – USA – March 31st 2021. (Shutterstock) By Johan Sheridan, News10 Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that a $100 million fund is available for New Yorkers struggling to make rent. The supplemental funding is aimed at low-income tenants facing homelessness or eviction. “Everyone […]
