March 24, 2011 President John Samuelsen of Transport Workers Union Local 100, and Lillian Roberts, Executive Director of District Council 37 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal…
…increased annually through automatic cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) tied to the Consumer Price Index. Apart from its retirement benefit, Social Security protections include life and disability insurance providing coverage estimated at…
Invest In Higher Education March 22, 2011 By Linda Gomez The Executive Budget, if enacted, would cut SUNY by an additional $100 million and cut CUNY by an additional $95.1…
…prescription benefit programs, thereby dumping millions of seniors into Medicare prescription drug benefit programs. Retirees are asking that Congress pass quickly and that President Obama sign, the soon to…
…school 476 seats. The sale has not yet been finalized and cuts to the Education Department’s capital budget pushed back construction plans by a year. Still, officials say they are…
Reprint March 16, 2011 By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd – March 11, 2011 http://www.alternet.org Everybody knows the GOP’s biggest weakness is money, so why not hit ’em in the sweet spot?…
…by such sweeping cutbacks would cost New York City far more in the long run. “How do we put a price tag on the trauma that working families experience when…
March 15, 2011 By Vanessa DeSantis Policymakers and grassroots organizers had a chance to mingle at the ANOROC Democratic Club’s 82nd Anniversary Dinner Dance, on the evening of Thursday March…
…and companionship. The Bloomberg Administration announced its plan to close over 100 centers throughout the five boroughs, putting as many as ten thousand seniors at risk of hunger and social…
March 9, 2010 By Ernest A. Logan, President, CSA CSA President Says City’s Budget Proposal to Eliminate More than 16,500 Day Care slots will nearly eradicate Early Childhood Education for…
