At DNAinfo/Gothamist Rally, Support for Unions and Scorn for Joe Ricketts
Marchers booed mentions of Joe Ricketts, the billionaire who shut down the sites. City officials, union reps and reporters all spoke.
Steve Levin
City Council Continues to Fund Vito Lopez’s Old Nonprofit
A nonprofit tied to the disgraced pol got plenty of cash in the new city budget.
City Council Pushes for $1.4M in Annual Funding to Protect Industrial Zones
In a move to protect IBZs, the City Council has proposed $1.4 million in baseline funding in its recently-released budget response, an set level that Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito argued would allow industrial businesses to plan for the future with greater certainty.
