Category: Municipal Government

January 18, 2012By Alan Lubin Co-Chair of the Business and Labor Coalition of New YorkThe Cuomo administration’s 2012-2013 budget message is a positive step that can create jobs, rebuild New

January 18, 2012 By Barbara Bowen, President A preliminary examination of the Governor’s proposed budget for CUNY suggests that it comes close to the amount CUNY has requested for CUNY

January 18, 2012By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter Just 30 miles up the Hudson River from the city sits the Indian Point Nuclear Plant. Nuclear proponents and opponents have been scrapping

January 17, 2012By Mona Davids, President, New York City Parents UnionYesterday, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo violated the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by exploiting and manipulating

January 17, 2012By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter   Amtrak CEO Joseph Boardman told reporters last week that he sees Amtrak having a bright future because ridership and revenues are going

January 16, 2012 “I applaud and thank Mayor Bloomberg for joining our call to increase the minimum wage. As I have said, it is wrong to expect anyone – let

January 14, 2012By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter The Jewish Labor Committee honored three labor leaders and the President and CEO of Montefiore Medical Center, where a strike by the New