Tag: New York
Nurses strike in NYC demanding better working conditions and solutions to...
“What’s going on today is that these work environment challenges have been predating COVID-19, and nurses have been experiencing many of these challenges for decades."
Judge rejects NRA’s bankruptcy bid, allowing New York’s lawsuit against the...
The bankruptcy case exposed weaknesses within the NRA’s internal management structure as well as its strategy to avoid legal exposure.
Gov. Cuomo announces legalization of marijuana with proposed adult-use cannabis program
It's no longer a question of whether New York will legalize marijuana, its how to go about the legalization. Gov. Andrew Cuomo...
New York state’s pension fund will divest from fossil fuel
This is being hailed as "the most aggressive divestment target set by any U.S. pension fund by a decade."
New York plastic bag ban to go into effect starting this...
“New York’s bag ban has already improved New York's health by cutting down on plastic pollution.”
The NYPD is withholding evidence from investigations into police abuse
The NYPD has regularly failed to turn over key records and videos to police abuse investigators at New York’s Civilian Complaint Review Board.
New Yorkers staying home make up newest group hospitalized with COVID-19,...
During the press conference on Wednesday, Gov. Cuomo’s confirmed that isolation was the answer to preventing transmission contrary to what the newest state data revealed.
States are putting prisoners to work manufacturing coronavirus supplies
The decision to continue to use incarcerated workers for hazardous work that could expose them to the coronavirus or facilitate the spread within the facility lies with corrections authorities and emergency management officials.
‘Our bodies are on the line’: NYC nurses demand protective gear...
Nurses in California, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada and Texas are protesting one of the nation’s largest hospital chains for a “lack of preparedness” amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Media need to scrutinize Andrew Cuomo’s record, not crush on his...
It’s hard not to grasp for heroic leaders in a time of crisis, but heroes don’t talk about love and compassion while sacrificing the most vulnerable—and it’s media’s job to expose that hypocrisy, not swoon under Andrew Cuomo’s spell.
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Illinois presses Tyson for a buyer after 2,500 workers lost their jobs overnight
The plant's chief executive was paid 781 times the median worker's wage the same quarter its beef unit posted a loss.
Federal judge blocks EPA attempt to strip California’s clean air waivers
The agency tried to hand the repeal to Congress instead of going through its own rulemaking process.
Regulators Knew This Marijuana Product Was Harming People. It Stayed on Shelves for More...
Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division can take months or even years to issue formal safety warnings about marijuana products even when it receives reports that the products are harming people’s health, The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found.
Interfaith leaders say they were ‘misled’ into attending event with far-right Hindu leader
Mohan Bhagwat’s appearance at Madison Square Garden was the latest in an influence operation conducted by the RSS and its allies in the U.S.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to freeze block on USPS mail ballot rule
North Carolina and Alabama are due to start mailing ballots this week, and the justices have set a deadline of their own.