As COVID Surges Again in NYC Shelters, Advocates Renew Call for Hotel Rooms The number of COVID-positive New Yorkers staying in city shelters or connected with outreach workers more than doubled during the first two weeks of December. Advocates have urged the mayor to resume an initiative that allowed thousands of homeless New Yorkers to stay in one- or two-person hotel rooms during the early days of the pandemic.
The Borough Presidents of The Bronx’s Past As Vanessa Gibson prepares to take office as the borough’s leader next month, three Bronx “beeps”—Robert Abrams, Adolfo Carrión Jr. and current Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.— sat down to discuss the role of the office, their most memorable moments and advice for their successor.
Company Settles With Home Health Aides Seeking Unpaid Wages For Round-the-Clock Care State guidelines and federal regulations mandate that home health aides working 24 hours at a client’s home get eight hours for sleep and three hours of meal breaks, all unpaid. But many workers say the rule routinely leads to underpayment because their patients actually need constant care, leaving the aides little time to sleep or take breaks.
Newly-Approved SoHo Rezoning Promises Affordable Homes. How Much Will they Really Cost? While developers will seriously benefit from a chance to build market-rate apartments in one of the city’s most coveted zip codes, the de Blasio administration says the new construction will also create about 900 apartments deemed affordable under the mayor’s signature Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) policy.
¿Qué es la “Operation Blooming Onion” y la trata laboral en Georgia, Florida y Texas? Los acusados enviaron peticiones falsas al gobierno de los Estados Unidos para que más de 71.000 trabajadores extranjeros vinieran a trabajar en el sector agrícola. En la operación “Operation Blooming Onion” (Operación Cebolla Floreciente) se liberaron a 100 trabajadores inmigrantes.
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Opinion: The Problem Facing NY’s Construction Industry Isn’t Labor Shortage ‘The accusation that the labor shortage is to blame for non-accredited programs’ plummeting recruitment numbers is just smoke and mirrors. Such programs pose as accredited apprenticeships that strive to combat the “labor shortage” by connecting hopeful workers to seemingly stable career pathways and safe jobs. But this is far from reality.’
Opinion: Climate Attribution Technology is Vital in the Fight for Environmental Justice ‘Acknowledging the inequitable distribution of climate change’s damage is an important step, but we must do better. Those with the fewest resources should not have to shoulder the full burden of the damages primarily caused by the wealthy. Climate attribution systems are the step forward.’
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