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Hotel union demands financial books of hotels seeking to cut worker pay
After ten years of record profits and unprecedented occupancy rates, twenty hotels are seeking to cut wages and concessions from union members in New York City.
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Remarks at the Groundbreaking of the New Brooklyn Health Center
The following is a partial transcript of the remarks delivered on March 19 by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Health Center in Brooklyn.
Update: NY approved for a total of six weeks of $300 supplemental unemployment benefits
September 21, 2020 6:45 PM
On September 18th, the New York State Department of Labor announced that the state has been approved for three additional weeks of supplemental unemployment benefits provided under the Lost Wages Assistance Program. Eligible New Yorkers will now receive an additional $300 a week in unemployment benefits for a total of six weeks. Read more...
Penn Station area to be site for new hotel
Crain's New York reported that OTO Development, a hotel company based in Spartanburg, South Carolina, has purchased a parcel of land on West 33rd Street, across from the future site of Moynihan Station, for almost $22 million and plans to build a hotel.
Paladino’s hometown newspaper endorses his opponent
The Buffalo News, Carl Paladino's hometown newspaper, endorsed Democrat Andrew Cuomo on Sunday, saying "'there is no choice'" but Cuomo.
NYS offers free antibody testing for food delivery and restaurant workers
Updated on June 4, 2020 4:30 PM
The New York State Department of Health has extended free COVID-19 antibody testing for food delivery and restaurant workers through Saturday, June 6.
If you work in New York State and in food and beverage, and would like to be tested, the following testing sites are open from 10:00am-5:30pm daily until Saturday, June 6 (with the exception of John Jay College, Lehman College, and New York Institute of Technology testing sites, which will close at 5 PM). No appointment is needed and it is expected that the test will take about 15 minutes. Face masks are required. Read more...
Not Registered to Vote? Here’s How
If you are not registered to vote you can do so by downloading a form from a website all New York voters can use. At www.elections.ny.gov/ you can download a New York State voter registration form and learn the steps necessary in order to become eligible to vote.
History of Tavern on the Green being sold, piece by shiny piece
ohn Lennon loved Tavern on the Green. So did Michael Jackson, Madonna and the Yankees, but former owner Warner LeRoy cared more about dazzling regular New Yorkers.
Winning the union at the Boathouse Restaurant
In a recent article, Juan Gonzalez of the New York Daily News reported on why Boathouse workers have been using recorders at work as protection against management's anti-union intimidation. Recorded threats, bribes, retaliatory actions, and more have provided evidence supporting the long list of unfair labor practice charges the Hotel Trades Council has filed against restaurant operator Dean Poll and his managers on behalf of the workers.
Bidding revs up for right to operate Aqueduct racino
Casino and racino development in New York State is a high-profile issue, as their introduction to the state would generate both significant numbers of jobs and substantial revenue for the state.
