Governor Cuomo’s new emergency preparedness training for airport workers recognizes that all airport workers have an important role to play during safety emergencies. However, while long overdue, the proposed training does not go nearly far enough and risks providing the public with a false sense of security. The plan, as currently proposed, insufficiently treats only one symptom

“We congratulate Mayor de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito for passing a plan that will create more affordable housing for the city’s working families. This is a victory for hard-working New Yorkers, including our 70,000 NYC members, who want to continue to live in New York City, raise their families here and remain

We applaud the New York City Council and Mayor de Blasio for coming together on a plan that will create more affordable housing that the city’s working families desperately need. We also thank them for finding common ground with labor and housing advocates to reaffirm that progress is made when when a broad spectrum of