Brooklyn Paper – By Lauren Rapp | February 17, 2025
A new bill, introduced by Council Member Shahana Hanif, would protect food service workers from wage theft and union-busting tactics.
The Tip Theft Prevention Act, introduced in the City Council last week, aims to protect food service workers from stolen tips and union-busting tactics.
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Despite fewer speed camera violations, repeat offenders rack up hundreds of tickets.
BK Reader | By BK Reader Staff — Feb 2, 2025 10:00 AM
Traffic crashes killed 253 New Yorkers in 2024, averaging one fatality every 35 hours, according to a new analysis from Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets.
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Enhancement expands program and its income eligibility for more working-class New Yorkers to access affordable, first-time homeownership opportunities
City Hall, NY – Today, the New York City Council celebrated the release of expanded funding for the HomeFirst Down Payment Assistance Program that it secured as part of its
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Gothamist | By Arya Sundaram — Published Jan 29, 2025
New York City is contracting with a nonprofit to provide free interpreter services at government offices, while employing immigrants in the process.
The Community Interpreter Bank, as it is called, will be run by the nonprofit New York Immigration Coalition, initially under a $1.4 million city grant from 2024.
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PIX 11 News | by: Grace Gomez — Posted: Jan 28, 2025 / 10:29 PM EST
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Several arrests were reported Tuesday as Starbucks baristas went on strike in Park Slope. The strike and sit-in happened just days before the unionized store was slated to close.
Striking workers claim the company will not bargain with them.
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January 27, 2025
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Trade-In Program Will Enhance Public Safety by Replacing Hazardous Batteries and Devices
NEW YORK – New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez today announced applications are now open for New York City’s e-bike trade-in program for food delivery workers, the first-ever municipal program of its kind.
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CBS News New York | By Hannah Kliger — January 24, 2025
NEW YORK — Some residents in Brooklyn say their neighborhood is covered in dust and rattled by noise. They blame a city-owned concrete recycling plant that moved in last year.
Piles of recycled concrete stand nearly two stories high along Columbia Street in Cobble Hill.
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BKReader | By Megan McGibney — January 24, 2025
The Panel for Education Policy passed a resolution noting its commitment to block all federal law enforcement officials from school property.
New York City education leaders on Wednesday passed a resolution stating that the city’s public schools will protect all students, including migrant children as
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Probasi TV | January 23, 2025
Brooklyn Paper | By Kirstyn Brendlen — Posted on January 20, 2025
Columbia Street Waterfront District residents and politicians are demanding the immediate shutdown of a city-owned concrete recycling facility they say is filling the air with hazardous dust.
Dozens of locals picketed outside the Columbia Street plant on Wednesday, waving signs that read “Shut it down” and “Protect our health!!
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