Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a message for New York City: Get tougher on screening patients for the state’s budget-busting Medicaid program or expect to shoulder more of the cost. Mayor Bill de Blasio projects […]
Alessandra Biaggi
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East Bronx Politicians Join Groundswell of Opposition to Drug Treatment Clinics
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. Bronx Councilmember Mark Gjonaj stood before hundreds gathered at a town hall meeting on a proposed drug treatment clinic in Allerton and told them what they wanted to hear: “The deal is dead.” The […]
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Dozens of Sex Harass Complaints Left Unresolved for Years at NYC Commission
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. Dozens of sexual harassment cases brought to the City Commission on Human Rights by employees at private firms have dragged on for years without resolution, data obtained by THE CITY shows. Investigations of 44 […]
Posted inHealth
Airport Workers Turn to Albany for Healthcare and Paid Leave Benefits
Fresh off their living-wage victory, local airport workers are petitioning Albany for healthcare and paid leave benefits that also would extend to other transportation employees. Legislation introduced by state Senator Alessandra Biaggi (D–Bronx/Westchester) late Friday and that’s pending from Assemblymember Alicia Hyndman (D-Queens) would require contractors at LaGuardia and Kennedy airports to pay their workers […]
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Bronx Dissident Democrats Want to Ditch Ruben Diaz Sr.
Some prominent Bronx Democrats are pressing embattled City Councilmember Ruben Diaz Sr. to resign — while others want to throw him out of the party altogether. But if history is any indicator, the outspoken former state senator — now seeking a South Bronx congressional seat — may not be going anywhere. Diaz, who has a […]