Out of Work, New Yorkers Call for Rent Cancellation on May Day
…until August, but I also have a 14-year-old child,” said Donette. “You are asking me to pay rent or feed my child, how do you ask a parent to do…
…until August, but I also have a 14-year-old child,” said Donette. “You are asking me to pay rent or feed my child, how do you ask a parent to do…
…nets, had $371 million on hand – enough to operate for three months at its then-current spending rate. Then Covid-19 struck, flooding hospitals with sick people, many needing intensive care….
…and around the world. “It’s kind of amazing,” says Ann Toback, Workers Circle CEO. “Our director of Yiddish programming, Nikolai Borodulin, reached our to klezmer musicians and we expected some…
…won’t accept our hard fought for benefits, earned by years of work, being taken from us. Nor should we accept seeing our children and grandchildren have their educational, health or…
…the word, and to please get in touch if you think you may have been unfairly cheated out of wages.” Since 2014, Comptroller Stringer’s office has assessed more than $30…
…same essential workers whom we trust with our health, our nourishment, our loved ones, and our lives are too often ignored, underpaid, and overworked,” said Comptroller Stringer. “To get through…
…keeps workers on the job, creates a real safety net for the unemployed, and prohibits companies from using government assistance to lay us off, cut our benefits, or enrich themselves.” …
…NYTWA is advising drivers to ensure they have enough to cover food, utilities, medicine, and phone and Internet service so they can keep going for the next two to three…
…and transportation industries have been laid off. Entertainment venues, professional sports, and tourist sites from Disney World in Florida to Seattle’s Space Needle have shut down voluntarily or under “social…
…have enabled workers whose claims are likely to succeed to freeze their employer’s assets, paralleling the “mechanic’s lien” that a landscaper or construction contractor can use against homeowners who haven’t…