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‘Our report finds that the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board frequently fails to provide essential language access services to injured workers.’

ByKatie Deabler

ByLeah Lotto 0Comments

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Mar 2017

Opinion

CityViews: State Board’s Decision Leaves Low-Wage Workers in Peril

The Cuomo administration must appeal the gutting of rules to protect workers from paying exorbitant fees to receive their own wages.

ByAndy Morrison

ByRachel Laforest 0Comments

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Mar 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Five Rezoning Concerns of the Rockaway Land Use Committee

Board members like some aspects of the city’s proposed rezoning of downtown Far Rockaway, but have concerns ranging from the impact of additional density on neighborhood infrastructure to a lack…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness In Depth

Labor, Law and Lessons from California: The Debate Over Local Hiring and the Rezonings

Advocates want the city to require developers who take advantage of rezonings to hire local residents for construction jobs. The city fears a legal challenge, but San Francisco and Los…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness In Depth

Cost and Legal Concerns Raised Amid Push for Local Hiring, Union Jobs in De Blasio Rezonings

Community groups and trade unions want the construction work done in rezoning neighborhoods to go to local residents and pay union wages. And advocates aren’t convinced that the legal and…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Nov 2016

In Depth Video

Video: Does a Higher Minimum Wage Help or Hurt Workers?

The federal minimum wage has less buying power than it did 50 years ago and would leave a full-time worker in poverty. But opponents have long insisted that raising it…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Oct 2016

In Depth

Rare Praise for City’s Build it Back Program

For all its well-documented struggles with delays, the program can also claim milestone achievements for hiring and training local workers, says one community coalition.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

19

Oct 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews: City’s Solar Plan Needs Labor Focus

What New Yorkers need is a climate plan that establishes high quality job standards and a strong workforce development system.

ByMark Treyger

ByDaisy Chung 0Comments

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Oct 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Awaiting a City Plan, LIC Groups Sketch Out Red Lines Around Rezoning

A coalition is hoping the anticipated rezoning of the Queens rezoning will include deep affordability and labor provisions.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Sep 2016

In Depth

WorkSite: New York Bucking Trends When it Comes to Unionization

A recent report found not only that unionization increased in the city over the 2012-2015 period, but that the share of private-sector workers who belonged to a union rose.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

CityViews: Workers Comp Hearings Shouldn’t Be English-Only

CityViews: State Board’s Decision Leaves Low-Wage Workers in Peril

Five Rezoning Concerns of the Rockaway Land Use Committee

Labor, Law and Lessons from California: The Debate Over Local Hiring and the Rezonings

Cost and Legal Concerns Raised Amid Push for Local Hiring, Union Jobs in De Blasio Rezonings

Video: Does a Higher Minimum Wage Help or Hurt Workers?

Rare Praise for City’s Build it Back Program

CityViews: City’s Solar Plan Needs Labor Focus

Awaiting a City Plan, LIC Groups Sketch Out Red Lines Around Rezoning

WorkSite: New York Bucking Trends When it Comes to Unionization

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