Workers with the Sesame Workers Union marked the one-year anniversary of their union with a block party and rally this week, celebrating a year of organizing while calling attention to ongoing contract negotiations with management at Sesame Workshop and its counsel at Proskauer Rose. The event drew members, supporters, and Labor allies to mark the milestone and show support for the union’s contract campaign.
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By Scott Etkin
The town hall hosted by City Councilmember Gale Brewer on Monday night covered well-trodden ground for those who follow top concerns on the Upper West Side – e-bikes, homelessness, and dirty streets, to name a few. LINK: UWS Town Hall
By Sophia Lebowitz
Upper West City Council Member Gale Brewer suggested that she supports a long-sought protected bike lane on the 79th Street Transverse through Central Park… LINK: Central Park Transevrse
By Christopher Maag
Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday announced an enforcement push by the city to crack down on employers that might be violating the city’s worker protection laws, days before a new law takes effect expanding time-off protections for more than five million New Yorkers. LINK: Enforce Time-Off Protections
By Emma Goldberg and Jeffery C. Mays
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Wednesday that New York City would soon restart sweeping homeless encampments, ending a pause that he instituted on the fifth day of his tenure after expressing skepticism about the approach. LINK: Homeless Encampment Sweeps
By Roberta Brandes Grantz
Why are we tearing down viable affordable housing to be replaced by luxury condos? Where are all the City of Yes cheerleaders who pushed for build, build, build? Did they really think developers would willingly spare existing housing in order to build new? LINK: Affordable Housing Not Luxury Units
By Sahalie Donaldson
The New York City Council Progressive Caucus is growing. Six new members were voted in at an internal meeting last week, growing the group’s ranks to 24 people. That includes Gale Brewer… LINK: Meet the new, bigger City Council Progressive Caucus
By Phil O’Brien
Councilmember Gale Brewer delivered a clear message to developers behind a proposed pair of residential skyscrapers on Hell’s Kitchen’s Far West Side — a project that would bring more than 1,000 apartments to the blocks near DeWitt Clinton Park and Hudson River Park. LINK: Developers on Far West Side Towers
By Jack Ahern
Upper West Side City Council Member Gale Brewer is now accepting donations for a free children’s book fair that her office will host on Jan. 25, in what has become an annual tradition. LINK: Children’s Book Fair
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