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Corruption Watch: BerlinRosen’s Silver Lining Playbook

Corruption Watch: BerlinRosen’s Silver Lining Playbook

Why Did Sheldon Silver Pay A Consultant $750,000 and Spend Almost $2 Million When He Had No Challengers? by Gary Tilzer From 2010 to 2014, Friends of Silver (the former Speaker’s main campaign account) paid lobbyists campaign consultant BerlinRosen over $750,000.  […]

DC37, City Reach Living Wage Agreement

District Council 37 leaders and city officials have agreed to a living wage for thousands of public service workers previously earning $10 per hour or less. Union and city officials recently signed a memorandum of understanding that boosts wages to $11.50 […]

by · March 31, 2015 · Government, Labor
PARENTS CALL ON MAYOR DE BLASIO TO VISIT SCHOOLS THAT ARE CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP

PARENTS CALL ON MAYOR DE BLASIO TO VISIT SCHOOLS THAT ARE CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP

Real Answers to City’s Failing Schools Crisis Found in 46 High-Performing, High-Poverty District and Charter Schools–Not $150M “Renewal Schools” Gamble New York, NY – On Tuesday morning, Families for Excellent Schools called for Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carmen Fariña to […]

Bronx Participation in Disability Pride Parade Moves Forward

Bronx Participation in Disability Pride Parade Moves Forward

On February 25, the Disability Pride Parade Committee met at the offices of ICS in the Fordham section of the Bronx. The meeting was chaired by Michael Schweinsburg, Executive Director of Disability Pride, NYC. Many Bronx disability activists joined city-wide […]