NYC Nurses on Strike!
On Monday, January 12, nearly 15,000 nurses at three of New York City’s largest hospital systems went on strike. While they are demanding better pay, they are also fighting for improved work conditions and to protect benefits they already have. This strike is part of an ongoing nationwide conflict between health care workers and hospital […]
Mamdani’s Victory Not Enough to Make the Changes We Need
This past Tuesday, Election Day, Zohran Mamdani won the general election to become Mayor of New York City. He decisively defeated his chief rival, Andrew Cuomo, with 50% of the vote to Cuomo’s 41%. Much like his victory in the Democratic primary earlier this summer, this victory brought criticism and outrage from the right, and […]
Zohran Mamdani: A Real Hope for New York’s Working Class?
On July 1, it was announced that Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old New York State Assemblyman and member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), had won the New York City Democratic primary election for mayor of New York City. He won decisively over his fiercest rival, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, by 12%. To […]
Protesters Say Enough to Police Violence AND Transit Fares!
In recent years, fare evasion in New York City transit systems has been on the rise. So have dangerous encounters, in many cases involving unhoused people with untreated mental illnesses, some of which have led to deaths on often crowded subway platforms. Under direct orders from Mayor Eric Adams, cops have recently become a regular […]