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A city union is using language from the city’s own inspections to detail what it calls decaying schools in the poorest neighborhoods. Read More »
Delta Airlines and the Port Authority plan to cut the ribbon Friday on a $1.2 billion expansion to Kennedy Airport’s Terminal 4, but as the airport continues to grow, those who work at JFK and live in the neighborhoods surrounding it said they are not sharing in the wealth and they are planning to make their voices heard on the big day. Read More »
With smoke and tar from faulty light fixtures leaking into New York City public school classrooms at alarming rates, the Bloomberg administration said on Tuesday that it would cut in half the time it needed to replace them. Read More »
With a convincing win for the Democratic nomination for mayor of Pittsburgh Tuesday, Bill Peduto was on the threshold of capturing the office he's sought in three campaigns and one that he pledged to use to replace the city's "machine" with a new, more progressive coalition. Read More »
A Senate committee approved a sweeping immigration reform bill Tuesday that would provide a path to citizenship for up to 11 million illegal immigrants, setting the stage for the full Senate to consider the landmark legislation next month. Read More »
Community activists and an interfaith group want Philadelphia City Council to amend a lease agreement between the city and US Airways Group to boost the salary of 1,500 low-wage airport workers and require future hiring for ground-service jobs to come from neighborhoods around Philadelphia International Airport. Several dozen clergy and members of Philadelphians Organized to Read More »
Low-wage workers at Kennedy Airport are fighting to earn a living wage. About 100 people rallied in Queens Village Thursday to urge the Port Authority to require airport contractors to pay workers decent salaries. Airport security guard Tasleema Mohamed, who is a single mom, said she’s struggling to make ends meet with the $10.71 an Read More »
Airport wheelchair attendant Celius Joseph hasn’t been trained to clean up blood and urine, but at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, he said, he does it all the time. Read More »
Taking a day off when you are sick. It is something that is easy to take for granted, but many low-wage New Yorkers have no paid sick days and even put their job at risk if they stay home sick without pay. Read More »
A city union is using language from the city’s own inspections to detail what it calls decaying schools in the poorest neighborhoods. Read More »
Broken toilets, faulty elevators and leaky ceilings — some city public schools are practically slums, according to an analysis of building inspections the school cleaners union released Tuesday. Read More »
