Mayor Eric Adams on Monday unveiled plans to convert vacant office space in New York City into new apartments to help relieve the city’s affordable housing crisis. Following the recommendations in a report from a city-led task force that was established in July of 2022, the mayor is making 11 recommendations that would make changes…
Mayor Eric Adams Announces Plans to Convert NYC Offices Into 20,000 Apartments
Amazon to Appeal US Labor Board’s Certification of Union Victory in New York
January 12, 2023
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Amazon said it plans to appeal the official certification of its workers attempts at unionization in New York by the federal government’s labor relations board. Regional director Cornele Overstreet of the National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) upheld an Amazon warehouse union’s victory in New York City in her decision on Jan. 11. The Amazon Labor Union…
New York City Nurses End Strike as Deals Struck With Hospitals
Thousands of striking New York City nurses have reached tentative deals with hospitals and will return to work after a three-day walkout over demands to increase nurse-to-patient ratios they said had led to overstretched staff and undercut patient safety. Negotiations ran into the late hours of the night Wednesday before tentative deals were struck with…
Former Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg Sentenced to 5 Months’ Jail Over Tax Fraud Scheme
Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer for the Trump Organization, was sentenced to five months in jail on Tuesday for his involvement in a tax fraud scheme at the real estate company. Tuesday’s sentence comes after Weisselberg entered a plea deal and admitted that he, as well as several other top-level employees, had received…
Man Behind Deadly New York Bike Path Attack Sought Martyrdom, Defense Says
NEW YORK—A man charged with using a truck to kill eight people on a Manhattan bike path in 2017 believes his attack was justified and sought to die a martyr for Islam, his defense counsel told the jury at his terrorism trial on Monday. At the first federal death-penalty trial since President Joe Biden took…
Trial Begins for Former New York Doctor Accused of Sexual Abuse
NEW YORK—Federal prosecutors in New York began laying out their case Monday against Robert Hadden, a former gynecologist accused of sexually abusing scores of patients over nearly two decades, including the wife of former presidential candidate Andrew Yang. A grand jury indictment said Hadden sexually abused patients from 1993 through at least 2012 while he…
Thousands of NYC Nurses Officially on Strike After Negotiations Collapse
January 9, 2023
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Negotiations between a large New York nursing union and two major New York City hospitals fell through on Monday as more than 7,000 nurses went on strike. “After bargaining late into the night at Montefiore and Mount Sinai Hospital yesterday, no tentative agreements were reached,” the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) said in a…
Communist Influence in NYC Highlighted by China Official’s NYE Appearance
January 8, 2023
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The appearance of a Chinese government official at a New Year’s Eve event in Times Square has raised questions regarding how connected the local government is to agents of China’s communist regime. The “Hong Kong Rocks!” event, organized by the Times Square Alliance and celebrated in Times Square this New Year’s Eve, gave pride of…
Communist Influence in NYC Highlighted by Chinese Official’s NYE Appearance
January 8, 2023
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The appearance of a Chinese government official at a New Year’s Eve event in Times Square has raised questions regarding how connected the local government is to agents of China’s communist regime. The “Hong Kong Rocks!” event, organized by the Times Square Alliance and celebrated in Times Square this New Year’s Eve, gave pride of…
Major US City Prepares for Nurses to Go on Strike, Impacting Hospitals
The New York City Office of Emergency Management is preparing if thousands of New York City hospital nurses go on strike on Monday, officials said. A situation room will bring together officials with the NYPD, Fire Department of New York, Health Department, health care facilities, and other groups to keep “eyes and ears” on the…
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