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‘We are demanding fair wages, benefits, and working conditions from those who develop the luxury apartments where we could never afford to live—and the high-end commercial space where we will…

ByBobby Bonanza 8Comments

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Apr 2018

Housing and Homelessness News

City Must Tackle Barriers to Career-Track Jobs in Construction, Advocates Say

The De Blasio administration has expanded partnerships with unions and amped up construction safety requirements, but advocates say the city could go farther to ensure low income residents access real…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Apr 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Done Right, Inwood Rezoning Could Be Good For Working Families

‘The City Council has a real opportunity here to hold developers to a higher standard.’

ByDavid Muñoz 4Comments

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Mar 2018

NYCHA Opinion

CityViews: Project Labor Agreements Will Lower Costs and Improve Results for NYCHA

PLAs are certainly not the only solution, but they have a demonstrated record of meeting cost, quality, and scheduling challenges on the overwhelming majority of public building projects where they…

ByPaul Fernandes 4Comments

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Mar 2018

NYCHA Opinion

CityViews: Fixing NYCHA Means Scrapping Project-Labor Agreements

When implementing a design-build system, Governor Cuomo simply cannot tie that to a project labor agreement as a means to appease his politically-connected friends.

ByBrian Sampson 3Comments

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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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Feb 2017

Economy In Depth

Labor Dept. Says Last Decade Saw Record Low in Strikes Across U.S.

There were three time as many work stoppages in 1952 alone as there were in the entire 2007-2016 decade.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2017

In Depth

Union Numbers Slip Nationwide and in New York State

New York still has the highest unionization rate in the country—although it fell slightly.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Five Big Questions About the 421-a Tax Break Deal

Legislators largely from outside the city are about to spend our local tax dollars on a plan hatched by developers and unions. And that’s not the weirdest part.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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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…