Across the country, privatized Medicare Advantage plans have raised costs and worsened care for seniors. It’s inconceivable that Mayor Adams is trying to strip our city’s municipal retirees of their current health insurance and force them onto bad plans. Today, I am proud to sponsor Intro. 1096 (Marte), which would put a stop to this shameful maneuver.
My personal experience with lupus has given me far too much familiarity with our broken healthcare system.
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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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Press Contacts:
Alex Liao | aliao@council.nyc.gov, (973) 647-5001
Mus Lamia | mlamia@council.nyc.gov, (646) 353-4549
Legislation combats theft by requiring businesses to provide workers with daily reports on tips and outlaws union-busting tactics
New York, NY | On Thursday, February 13th, New York City Council Member Shahana Hanif introduced Intro.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | February 13, 2025
Press Contacts: Musarrat (Mus) Lamia, (646) 353-4549 | Alexander Liao, (973) 647-5001
Email: mlamia@council.nyc.gov | aliao@council.nyc.gov
New York, NY— Yesterday, the New York City Council’s Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises voted to approve modifications to the Zoning Application for 441 &
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Thursday, February 13, 2025, 12 P.M.
Committee Room, City Hall
Good afternoon, I am Council Member Shahana Hanif and I represent the 39th District in Brooklyn. Thank you, Chairs Kevin Riley and Rafael Salamanca for holding today’s hearings and including the 441 & 467 Prospect Avenue Rezoning, also known as the Arrow Linen Rezoning, on the agenda.
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Council Member Shahana Hanif released the following statement on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, on interruptions to Trans Healthcare:
“Shame on NYU Langone, Mount Sinai, and any other medical providers who are denying care to trans patients. I am furious that hospitals are acquiescing to President Trump’s bigoted agenda of trans erasure.
I am aware of at least one young constituent whose pre-scheduled appointments for gender-affirming care have been canceled in recent days.
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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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