Northern Manhattan mobilizes against budget cuts
More than 1,000 residents held a unity rally on Saturday to mobilize against proposed budget cuts that will have a devastating effect on this predominantly Latino and black working class community.
Comptroller: NYC paying slumlords millions to house homeless
The Department of Homeless Services is wasting millions of dollars on services that lack oversight, some of which are overtly illegal, according to recent audit of the DHS.
A good day for health care reform
NEW YORK -- It was a beautiful day Feb. 20 for New Yorkers and for health care reform.
New York City threatens to evict public school in favor of charter
Privately-run, publically-funded charter schools are pushing out successful public schools in competition for scarce resources, leading to more segregation, more inequality.
City comptroller takes aim at developer abuse
NEW YORK - Comptroller John Liu is setting up a task force to help protect communities from big developers and corruption.
N.Y. progressives begin to line up behind Gillibrand
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., appointed to fill the seat vacated by now-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has already picked up a spate of endorsements.
‘This fracking sucks,’ concerned residents say
ITHACA, N.Y. - Residents in this town, known for its picturesque waterfalls, are protesting a plan to extract gas from the ground by a process known as horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
No need for MTA’s draconian cuts
The MTA's cuts, targeting students and seniors, are even worse than past "doomsday" scenarios, but the truth is, none of these cuts are necessary.
NYC students on Facebook, in the street over MTA cuts
Public high school students, as well as teachers and parents, are organizing in new ways against a proposalto take away free-and reduced-price Metrocards currently issued to students.
