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Category: New York

Workers Need to Know Their Rights

As many of you may know, my office enforces state and local prevailing wage laws. That means that if you have done construction work on a New York City public

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‘Moulin Rouge’: A Jukebox Musical on Steroids

The musical Moulin Rouge, at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, is based upon Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 hyperactive and entertaining film. It celebrates the era of the original Moulin Rouge, which opened

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Remembering 9/11

“As we mark the anniversary of one of the most tragic days in our country’s history, the members of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York join

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Voices of the 2019 NYC Labor Day Parade

Floats, marching bands, cheer squads and people in carnival costumes, face paint and union letters and numbers lined the streets of Fifth Avenue Saturday for the Labor Parade. Approximately 150

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Health Aides Hail Bill to Ban 24-Hour Shifts

NEW YORK, N.Y.—Calling the half-unpaid 24-hour shifts common in the home health-care industry an “inhumane” 21st-century sweatshop, a group of home-care aides and state legislators rallied Sept. 4 to announce

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