NYSNA nurses rally at Foley Square for safe staffing and pay parity. Photo credit: Rochni Khatri Public hospital and Mayoral agency nurses and supporters sounded the alarm on the crisis of high turnover and understaffing that harms patient care 25% of staff nurse positions remain vacant in NYC public hospitals and the city spent a […]
Community Op-Ed: Amnesty for Unpaid Water Bills
Water is a precious resource, and New York City has some of the best municipal drinking water on the planet. Our water comes from reservoirs in the Catskills and beyond, and travels hundreds of miles to reach our taps. New Yorkers pay just one cent per gallon for our exceptional drinking water. And we use […]
On International Workers’ Day, Unions and Worker Justice Groups Call for Passage of New York For All Act
NEW YORK—Unions and worker justice organizations are joining the call for lawmakers in Albany to pass the New York for All Act, which would broadly prohibit local and state agencies from assisting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) in searching for, arresting and deporting immigrant New Yorkers. Twenty-five labor unions […]
Anger Mounts Over Lack of Charges in the Killing of Jordan Neely
BY JOSE MARTINEZ AND KATIE HONAN Two days after one subway rider killed another using a deadly chokehold, dozens of people gathered on a crowded Manhattan subway platform to demand justice and for more social services for people in need. The identity of the man who fatally strangled Jordan Neely, 30, is still unknown, as police said they […]
While ANTI-LGBTQ+ Rights Legislation Has Doubled – Luther Church Openly Gay President of the Board Calls for Church Leadership to Embrace LGBTQ+ Worshippers in His Speech at the Church’s New York Annual Assembly
NEW YORK, NY – May 1, 2023 – At the Lutheran Church’s 2023 Metro New York Synod (MNYS) Assembly, the organization’s first openly gay president of the board Christopher Vergara, will give a speech affirming church leadership’s commitment to inclusivity in faith — and underscoring the importance of embracing their LGBTQ+ worshippers. His comments will be presented on Friday May 5, 2023, from 10:30am to 11:30 am at the Marriott Hotel in […]
Community Op-Ed: NYC Executive Budget
Photo Editorial credit: lev radin Last week, the Adams Administration released our Fiscal Year 2024 Executive Budget. As President Joe Biden has often said: “Show me your budget and I will show you your values.” That is why this budget invests in our Working People’s Agenda, prioritizing education, jobs, housing, health care, and public safety. […]
TikTok – Worried About What’s Behind All Those Dancing Cats?
Listen to a special podcast SAN FRANCISCO, Calif — A debate rages over the possible ban of TikTok, a hugely popular app owned by the Beijing, China-based company Byte Dance. Over 150 million users in the US regularly access the app for more than 90 minutes a day, watching entertaining videos featuring a variety of […]
NYPD data: Few weapons turned up in more than 15,000 pedestrian stops in 2022
Listen to a special podcast Article: By Samantha Max, Gothamist.com Police found a weapon in about one out of six pedestrian stops last year and found a firearm in about one out of 13 stops, a Gothamist analysis of NYPD data shows. The majority of stops resulted in no arrest or summons. This as pedestrian […]
10 Ways to Earn Up to US$500 a Day using ChatGPT
By Swathi Kashettar By utilizing ChatGPT’s advanced AI capabilities, users can explore 10 ways to earn money through ChatGPT In a short amount of time, ChatGPT, the text-based Artificial Intelligence model developed by OpenAI, has become immensely popular, attracting one million users just five days after its launch. With extensive training resources, the model can respond to […]
Harry Belafonte, Jamaican-American Singer, Actor, Activist, Dies at 96
Listen to a special podcast Article:By Selen Ozturk The pop-cultural giant broke racial boundaries as an entertainer and humanitarian for 70 years. Harry Belafonte, the Jamaican-American singer, actor, and political activist, died aged 96 on Tuesday. His longtime publicist Ken Sunshine said Belafonte died of congestive heart failure at his Manhattan, New York home, his […]