By Azi Paybarah 9/07/09 5:50pm

Paterson Marches With the Anti-Bloombergs

At the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn today, Governor David Paterson tried putting to rest the notion that he’s undecided about who he’s supporting for mayor.

He marched with Democratic candidate Bill Thompson as members of the Transport Workers Union carried signs like that showed a giant Michael Bloomberg terrorizing tiny poor citizens of Read More

By Staff 11/27/06 4:00pm

TWU Debate

Before we rush headfirst into 2008, there’s still at least on more race this year to get through: Transport Workers Union Local 100′s presidential election. Chuck Bennett unearthed this a video of the Nov. 16 debate between the union’s four presidential candidates.

The clip is more than an hour long — consider yourself warned Read More

By Staff 11/06/06 1:05pm

The Embrace

In what looks like a conscious echo of Ned Lamont’s attention-grabbing literature in Connecticut, here’s part of a campaign flyer being handed out by one of the opponents of Transport Workers Union president Roger Toussaint opponents showing him hugging MTA Chairman Peter Kalikow.

For more information on the flyer, or the union’s election Read More

By Staff 10/03/06 5:13pm

Toussaint Gets Company

Chuck Bennett, who is keeping his eye on the TWU election, has some good new for union president Roger Toussaint. There is another candidate in the race to beat him: Ainsley Stewart

“He plans to hammer Toussaint on calling off the strike after 60 hours and, of course, the 1.5% of gross wage health Read More

By Staff 9/18/06 4:03pm

Transit Politics

And now, news from another kind of campaign…

A reader familiar with transportation politics adds a little background to that story about Transport Workers Union Local 100 President Roger Toussaint’s re-election challenge.

Heading the opposition to Toussaint is Barry Roberts, a bus driver aligned with the former TWU president Sonny Hall. Read More

By Staff 9/04/06 4:15pm

On Message

Here’s part of an actual conversation I had this morning with Eliot Spitzer and Roger Toussaint at the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn:

Spitzer: I’m standing here next to my friend Roger Toussaint and we’re having a great parade and I couldn’t be happier.

Toussaint: Beautiful ladies.

Spitzer: Yeah, as Roger Read More

By Niall Stanage 5/08/06 12:00am

M.T.A. Gets Off Easy In Dispute With Workers

As the labor dispute afflicting the city’s transit system trundles on—yes, the subways and buses are rolling, but the dispute remains unresolved—scapegoats are being sought. There has been a lot of finger-pointing recently. But most of the fingers have been pointed in the wrong direction.

To judge from tabloid editorials and the pronouncements of some Read More

By Niall Stanage 5/08/06 12:00am

M.T.A. Gets Off Easy In Dispute With Workers

As the labor dispute afflicting the city’s transit system trundles on—yes, the subways and buses are rolling, but the dispute remains unresolved—scapegoats are being sought. There has been a lot of finger-pointing recently. But most of the fingers have been pointed in the wrong direction.

To judge from tabloid editorials and the pronouncements of Read More