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First Overdose Prevention Centers in US Have Voted to Unionize
OnPoint United is fighting for a wall-to-wall union, job security, better health care and a democratic workplace.
New York Mayor’s Plan to Round Up Homeless People Is a Trauma-Inducing Horror
It is a horrific rights violation to give police the power to forcibly hospitalize people for being homeless.
Critics Slam NYC Plan to Involuntarily Hospitalize Those With Mental Illness
Rights groups are instead demanding better access to support for people struggling with mental illness and homelessness.
NYC Activists Push Back Against Proposed “Feminist” Women’s Jail in Harlem
Opponents of the proposed women's facility in Harlem affirm “there is no such thing as a feminist jail.”
Luxury Building Workers in New York City Authorize Strike
Many of these workers are employed in buildings in an area that is home to many of New York’s wealthiest residents.
Students Are Walking Out of School Rather Than Returning to an Unsafe “Normal”
The upsurge of student protests across the U.S. is a reaction to a nationwide “return to normal,” no matter the cost.
Activists Say Greed, Neglect Are to Blame for Bronx Fire That Killed 17 People
The city is blaming a faulty space heater. Housing advocates say it's the lack of safe, affordable public housing.
Instead of More Support, Schools Have Upped Demands on Teachers During Pandemic
Those in charge are driving educators to the breaking point by doubling down on more of what already wasn't working.
Ocasio-Cortez Slams NYC Mayor Eric Adams for Disparaging “Low-Skilled Workers”
The lawmaker pointed out that describing jobs as “low-skill” is a tool used by the ruling class to suppress wages.
NYC’s Safe Drug Injection Sites Saved 15 Lives in First Week of Operation
New York's facilities are the first supervised illegal drug injection sites in the U.S.