A new $8 million bank settlement from Attorney General Letitia James is also being parceled out this spring to land trust projects across the state.
By Emma Whitford (Gotham Gazette)
Manhattan City Council Member Carlina Rivera is part of a growing coalition of Council members pushing for …
Candidates will have to run twice this year, once on May 14th, as the Mayor has recently announced, and again sometime in November, in a special election to retain their seat in the Council.
Last week’s special election was a seminal moment for Brooklyn City Councilmember Jumaane Williams. Previously elected District 45’s representative three times in a …
There is more significance to casting a third party vote: it can just as well be interpreted as a reflection of a voter’s dissatisfaction with the current status quo, and those in power.
BROOKLYN (Workers World Today) — Political scientists have known since the 1950s that as a consequence of plurality voting alternative parties would …
“We cannot claim to be a sanctuary for all New Yorkers while profiting from those who are engaged in immigration enforcement,” City Council Member Carlos Menchaca
City Hall, NY – On Wednesday, November 14, the Black, Latino/a, and Asian Caucus voted to support Intro. 1092, introduced by BLAC member and …
Vote Tish James for Attorney General, Jumaane Williams for Lt. Governor, and Andrew Cuomo for Governor on Thursday, Sept 13, 2018!
By Workers World Today Editorial Board
(BROOKLYN, NY) – We proudly and strongly endorse Letitia A. “Tish” James to be the next …
"We cannot talk about the Black women’s pay gap without talking about our country’s history of individual and systemic racism, which continues to play an explicit and implicit role in maintaining these barriers" - Council Member Laurie A. Cumbo
Jumaane Williams, a council member representing the 45th Council District in Brooklyn. Candidate for New York Lt. Gov.
When it comes to the cities of this world with the largest homeless population, our very own New York City comes second, with over …