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Changes in health center pharmacy hours this weekend

April 14, 2020 6:00PM

This weekend pharmacy availability will be as follows:

Saturday, April 18, 2020:

Midtown and Queens: OPEN 9:00AM-5:00PM

Harlem and Brooklyn: CLOSED

Sunday, April 19, 2020:

All Pharmacies CLOSED.

Please plan accordingly for the weekend closure.

“Powerful Hotel Trades Council backs Eric Adams for NYC Mayor” – NY Post

On March 2nd, we announced our endorsement of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams for Mayor of New York City. The news made the NY Post, which described our union as “potent” and spoke highly about our mobilization efforts. Read more...

HTC Members Rally for NYC Mayoral Candidate Eric Adams!

On Saturday, April 24th dozens of HTC members and their families came out to support Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams in Cadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn.

Our Union endorsed Eric Adams for NYC Mayor earlier this year. During the event’s opening remarks, HTC President Rich Maroko explained why, “Eric Adams will lead us out of this crisis and rebuild the city’s economy for working class people. Our Union is proud to support a champion of the working class.” Read more...

Over 250 HTC members attend BUNY rally for union jobs and safer working conditions

Over 250 HTC members turned out at Borough Hall to rally for union jobs and safer working conditions. HTC joined many other unions as a part of Build Up NYC to get the word out. Two workers have died at construction sites in Brooklyn in the last two months and union members came forward to say enough!

New York Attorney General and Mayor Eric Adams Take Down Slumlords Running Illegal Hotel

On February 23rd, New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York City Mayor Eric Adams took down a pair of Brooklyn-based slumlords who ran an unlawful short-term rental operation and illegally evicted tenants during the state’s eviction moratorium in 2020. The city reached a settlement of $2.25 million, requiring the slumlords to pay $250,000 in fines and turn over one of their Brooklyn properties, which will be converted into affordable housing. Read more...

New Health Center to Be Built in Queens!

When our union was negotiating the 2012 contract we secured agreement from the Hotel Association to build a new Health Center in Brooklyn. But in addition to that we also secured a strong financial commitment to renovate and expand the Queens Health Center. Since then, things have changed. Yes, the new Brooklyn Health Center was built and, quite frankly, it has been praised by people from all corners of the healthcare industry. But we are not renovating the current Queens Health Center. Instead, we are happy to report, we are going to be building an entire new facility right next door to the current Queens Health Center. When completed, it will be as ambitious in scope, as accommodating in space, as dramatic in design, and as advanced in service and treatment as the new Brooklyn Health Center, and it will even incorporate some new ideas.

Changes in pharmacy hours this weekend, April 25th and 26th

April 22, 2020 6:00 PM

Due to limited staffing, the Benefit Funds has limited the pharmacy hours this coming weekend.

Saturday, April 25, 2020:

Midtown and Queens: OPEN 9:00AM-5:00PM

Harlem and Brooklyn: CLOSED

Sunday, April 26, 2020:

All Pharmacies CLOSED

Plan ahead for the weekend closure.

Violations issued for illegal hotel rooms

DNAinfo reported 12 apartments in an East 10th Street apartment building have been illegally altered, and Hotel Toshi, a company that offers short-term accommodations in some Manhattan and Brooklyn apartment buildings, was charged with a number of violations after area residents complained the property was being used as an illegal hotel.

Final Reminder: Kids Days Is August 13-15

As we reported in Hotel Voice two weeks ago, this Year’s Kids’ Days will take place on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, August 13, 14 and 15 at the Midtown, Harlem, Brooklyn and Queens Health Centers; and also—for dental visits only—at the Midtown Dental Center.

Health Center Pharmacies closed April 4th, 5th, 10th, and 12th (Easter Sunday)

April 2, 2020 9:00 AM

This weekend, April 4th and 5th, the Health Centers are closing all four pharmacies (Brooklyn, Harlem, Midtown, and Queens) for a thorough cleaning and sterilization. All four pharmacies will be closed again the following Friday, April 10th, for Good Friday, open that Saturday, April 11th, and closed again on Sunday, April 12th for the Easter holiday. Please plan accordingly for the weekend closure.