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MAY 15, 2024
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City transit workers still awaiting 9/11 disability benefits

For six years, with every new version of a state bill that would grant them three-quarter disability pension benefits, a few dozen now retired New York City Transit workers who worked on the World … MORE


'Revived' 9/11 Worker Protection panel remains dormant

As evidence mounted that an increasing number of workers who labored on the World Trade Center site following the September 11 terror attacks had been afflicted by toxic dust and were growing … MORE



A passion for justice

Democratic politician, civil rights champion and social agitator Paul O’Dwyer — with his white pompadour, thick eyebrows, and soft Irish brogue — became a well-known New York civil rights … MORE



Legal Aid lawyers sue union, claiming that dues violate First Amendment

Two public defenders at the Legal Aid Society are suing the organization, a lawyers union and New York City, claiming that paying private union dues breaches their First Amendment rights.  The … MORE


Sesame Workshop writers approve new contract

Sunny day: Sesame Workshop writers have ratified a five-year contract that includes “monumental” protections that grant the writers jurisdiction over new media programs, protections against … MORE

After 11 weeks on strike, legal service workers find new ways to keep up morale

On Thursday, after 11 weeks on strike, a group of unionized workers at the nonprofit legal services firm Mobilization for Justice picketing outside of their Manhattan headquarters held a vote.  … MORE


LETTERS

The silence of the GOP lambs

To the editor: In addition to praising dictators, Donald Trump has found another perceived friend, fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter. On May 11, at a rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, Trump … MORE

Pants on fire

To the editor: A recent letter states we were better off under Donald Trump and makes several claims to support this hypothesis.  Claim: under Trump "the highest employment and lowest … MORE

Failing grade

To the editor: The police’s militarized response to campus protests over the war in Gaza, and what students believe is university-funded and Washington-funded … MORE


OPINION

Tear 6

By banning the MTA from using "biometric identifying technology" as a tool to combat fare beating, which costs taxpayers three-quarters of a billion dollars annually, New York State has bought into … MORE


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