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How Much Do Endorsements Matter in NYC’s Local Races?

Feb. 27, 2025, 12:01 p.m.Feb. 27, 2025, 2:12 p.m.

As the campaign season ramps up, here are the endorsements to look for in the mayor’s race and other contests.

Two DC 37's Local 3005, which represents Department of Health and Mental Hygiene workers, showed up in T-shirts with a message for the mayor.

Campaign 2025

‘Horrible,’ ‘Embarrassing,’ ‘Disqualifying’: Municipal Union Workers React to Eric Adams Bailing on Pre-Endorsement Campaign Event

Feb. 27, 2025, 6:56 a.m.Feb. 27, 2025, 9:38 a.m.

The mayor’s no-show at Local DC 37’s candidate forum, which would have been his reelection campaign’s first, upset rank-and-file , including those already riled about his Trump deal.

Labor

Federal Workers Rally in New York to Protest Musk Jobs Purge

Feb. 19, 2025, 4:57 p.m.March 19, 2025, 2:55 p.m.

The gatherings were part of a national day of action in dozens of states organized by unions representing government employees.

Governor Hochul wears a dark navy suit and holds a black folder. A man is on her right in a grey suit and her left a woman in a dark green jacket. The red brick prison entrance reads Marcy Correctional Facility behind them.

Labor

Wildcat Strike at 25 State Prisons Leads Hochul to Ready National Guard

Feb. 18, 2025, 5:50 p.m.Feb. 19, 2025, 10:59 a.m.

State correction officers are upset over lack of staff and proposed reforms that would make it harder to discipline detainees.

Labor

Four Things to Know From Our Investigation of the Home Healthcare Workers of America, New York’s Fastest-Growing Union

Jan. 13, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 10, 2025, 5:28 p.m.

¿Quieres leer nuestra historia en español? Presione aquí. For months, THE CITY has investigated Home Healthcare Workers of America, the union that organized more new than any other in New York City in the 18 months leading up to June 2024. Its growth happened amid a rapid expansion of Medicaid-funded care for the elderly […]

Labor

Lo que debes saber de nuestra investigación de Home Healthcare Workers of America, el sindicato con mayor crecimiento en Nueva York

Jan. 13, 2025, 4:55 a.m.Jan. 10, 2025, 5:28 p.m.

Muchos de sus no saben que pertenecen al sindicato. Un dirigente acumuló remuneraciones de $1,4 millones y organización principal es conocida por formar acuerdos con los jefes de empresas.

Demonstrators with "Amazong is UNFAIR" signs stand in front of a large inflatable balloon of a pig wearing a suit and smoking a cigar.

Labor

Two Arrested at Amazon Teamsters Strike in Queens, Part of Pre-Holiday Multi-City Walkout

Dec. 19, 2024, 3:41 p.m.Dec. 19, 2024, 5:15 p.m.

Drivers are striking for better wages, improved on-the-job safety and job security. Amazon claims their concerns are other companies’ business.

Labor

New York’s Fastest-Growing Union Is Management’s Best Friend — and Some Workers Don’t Even Know They’re

Dec. 19, 2024, 5:01 a.m.Dec. 19, 2024, 8:12 p.m.

Home Healthcare Workers of America has rocketed to 43,000 without holding elections, locking employees into boss-friendly contracts while amassing political clout and millions in union dues.

Performers walked the picket line in Times Square as the actors and writers’ strike stretched into the fall, Sept. 15, 2023.

Labor

More Workers Are Filing For — and Winning – Union Elections Than in Any Year in the Past Decade

Aug. 29, 2024, 5:01 a.m.Aug. 28, 2024, 6:18 p.m.

A surge in union activity since the COVID-19 lockdown shows no signs of stopping, though it’s still not enough to reverse the two-decade downward trend in union hip in New York and across the nation.

The Alliance to Protect Home Care organized a rally in July against a Medicaid plan by Governor Kathy Hochul.

Health

Who’s Funding the Ad Blitz Against Hochul’s Overhaul of New York’s $9 Billion Home Care Program?

Aug. 23, 2024, 4:59 a.m.Aug. 22, 2024, 6:38 p.m.

The fiscal intermediaries that ister billions in Medicaid funding for home care workers are fighting back against a plan to cut them out of the system.

Unions

How Much Do Endorsements Matter in NYC’s Local Races?

‘Horrible,’ ‘Embarrassing,’ ‘Disqualifying’: Municipal Union Workers React to Eric Adams Bailing on Pre-Endorsement Campaign Event

Federal Workers Rally in New York to Protest Musk Jobs Purge

Wildcat Strike at 25 State Prisons Leads Hochul to Ready National Guard

Four Things to Know From Our Investigation of the Home Healthcare Workers of America, New York’s Fastest-Growing Union

Lo que debes saber de nuestra investigación de Home Healthcare Workers of America, el sindicato con mayor crecimiento en Nueva York

Two Arrested at Amazon Teamsters Strike in Queens, Part of Pre-Holiday Multi-City Walkout

New York’s Fastest-Growing Union Is Management’s Best Friend — and Some Workers Don’t Even Know They’re

More Workers Are Filing For — and Winning – Union Elections Than in Any Year in the Past Decade

Who’s Funding the Ad Blitz Against Hochul’s Overhaul of New York’s $9 Billion Home Care Program?

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