Bronx Battle Line: Development on City’s Dime Must Push Up Wages
Refusing to promise a living wage, a New York retail developer has lost out on about $60 million in…
The Mall as Poverty Wage Center
Can retail workers organize? Can they get a living wage? These may be philosophical questions, but to the thousands of…
Something for Nothing Must Stop at Subsidized Queens Mall
The Queens Center Mall has received more than $48 million in tax breaks since 2004. "The mall stands to…
SoHo Detention Rally Ends In 10 Arrests
Ten people were arrested in Manhattan Tuesday while protesting the detention of a Haitian man facing deportation decades after…
Nuevo proyecto del Defensor del Pueblo
NUEVA YORK Una de las resoluciones del nuevo Defensor del Pueblo, Bill de Blassio para este 2010, es…
De Blasio Brings Brooklyn Attitude To Centre Street
ONE CENTRE STREET In his first day as the city’s public advocate, Bill de Blasio, former Councilman for…
IN THE NEWS 2009: October-December Digest
In this issue: In December, MRNY began a new campaign with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union to instate…
Immigration Reform Next for Congress
Millions of immigrants, documented and undocumented, have waited on the sidelines while Congress and The White House battled over healthcare…
Tis the Season: Protesters Hit A Queens Mall With Demands For a Living Wage
As shoppers scurried to snatch up last minute gifts inside the Queens Center Mall, local elected officials and community organizations…
Workers Demand Living Wage From Mall
The holiday wish list for the owners and stores at Queens Center Mall most likely included increased sales. It probably…