Chelsea News — An advocacy group rallied against a luxury condo tower that is slated to be built on W. 13th St. on April 23, alongside dozens of frustrated local residents and City Council Member Harvey Epstein.
Chelsea News — 10,000 union members, made up of doorpersons, porters, superintendents, and other building workers, are negotiating with Realty Advisory Board for better wages, health care
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EV Grieve — Through April 19, New Yorkers age 11 and up can vote — online or in person — on how city funding will be spent on local projects via City Councilmember Harvey Epstein’s office.
Documented — Since taking office, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has hit the ground running on labor issues, with numerous early wins. But some challenges threaten his pro-labor image.
EV Grieve — Local elected officials are hosting a community meeting tomorrow Tuesday evening to discuss the mayor’s plan to relocate Bellevue’s adult men’s homeless intake operation.
The Chief Leader — Workers, union leaders and politicians rallied on the steps of City Hall Monday to call for increased funding for the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection DCWP, which investigates exploitative labor practices and enforces worker protections in the city.
AMNY — Dozens of union workers rallied at City Hall on Monday to demand that the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection DCWP receive full budgetary funding, following Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s proposed cuts to the agency’s coffers in his preliminary spending plan.
City Council Member Harvey Epstein D-Manhattan, who chairs the Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection and organized the event, underscored the agency’s role as a watchdog and enforcement arm of NYC’s labor and consumer protection laws.
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City & State –– Labor unions, council members and worker justice advocates will come together Monday to call on the Mamdani administration to fully fund the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.
New York Post — A piece of Manhattan history tied to the Underground Railroad may come crumbling down — but not without a fight.