New York Marijuana: Statewide Decriminalization Takes Effect Today
By MSN
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A New York State law decriminalizing marijuana takes effect today.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the measure last month.
“Communities of color …
Senator Persaud’s Bill to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence from Employment Discrimination Signed into Law by Governor Cuomo
(Brooklyn, New York) — Legislation sponsored by Senator Roxanne J. Persaud that protects victims of domestic violence from discrimination in the workplace …
Mark-Viverito Congress Run Shadowed by Discrimination Suit
By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY
When then-City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito learned she was accused in a civil rights lawsuit of pressuring NYCHA …
Brooklyn BP Eric Adams uses nonprofit to raise from donors
By Anna Sanders (nydailynews.com)
Wannabe mayor and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is skirting campaign rules by raising tens of thousands of …
Hundreds of child sex abuse claims filed early on Day One of Child Victims Act
A dozen or more law firms that specialize in sexual abuse cases have been signing up clients for months. Based on statements by some of those firms earlier this week, it seems likely that 2,000 to 3,000 lawsuits will be filed in the coming year.
By Steve Orr (democratandchronicle.com)
Thousands of New Yorkers who were molested or sexually abused as children have been waiting for years — …
Women of UALE Summer School Support Best Market Workers
Rally attendees also delivered a letter addressed to Lidl U.S. President and CEO Johannes Fieber that asks him to explain the unequal leadership structure and immediately provide better jobs and opportunities for all employees.
EAST MEADOW, NY: On July 30, workers from Lidl’s Best Market stores rallied with New York State Senators Jim Gaughran, John Brooks, Anna …
Never Fear! The Women Are Here!
This year’s summer school was dedicated to the memory of Lois Gray, a professor and mentor at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell who helped found the Institute for Women and Work and the Latino Leadership Center, and Carolyn Jacobson, a founder of the Berger-Marks Foundation and C.L.U.W. who organized against sexism in the labor movement. The hosts for the Summer School were CUNY School of Labor Studies and Hofstra University.
Photo Credit: Janette Pellegrini
The 44th UALE Northeast School for Women in Unions and Worker Organizations! Summer School took place from Saturday, July 27th …
CUNY and SUNY Chancellors Announce José Peralta New York State Dream Act Application Is Open for the 2019-20 Academic Year
While undocumented students may seek to determine eligibility for state financial aid available under the DREAM Act year round, they should also be aware of deadlines for specific state scholarship programs, including that of the Excelsior Scholarship, which is August 15, 2019. - CUNY/SUNY
By CUNY Newswire
Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC) Now Accepting Applications, Allowing for Undocumented Students to Apply for Programs,
Including TAP and the Excelsior …
Attorney General James Announces Creation of Diversity and Inclusion Office
Sandra Grannum Appointed Head of Newly-Created Office
New York — Attorney General Letitia James today announced the creation of the first ever Diversity and Inclusion Office in …
Press Release: Permanent Protections for New York Tenants
Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte passes Historic Rent Laws
Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte (D-Brooklyn) has helped pass the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act – the strongest rent regulation legislation ever passed in New …