Category

News (Page 91)

News

Health practitioners and city council members push for paid sick time

According to the Women’s Institute for Policy Research, almost half of all working New Yorkers (1.58 million) do not have access to paid sick leave.

NewsSpecial Reports

Still Occupying: Arrested once, but still not afraid to fight

The danger of arrest might have been present again this morning, but Rachel Smith made it clear she was in the OWS movement for the long haul.

NewsPolitics

Still Occupying: Discontent with Obama fills OWS

Ahead of the November presidential elections, protestors gathered for a day of action Monday morning in Manhattan’s Financial District in […]

NewsSpecial Reports

Still Occupying: CODEPINK

Some activists feel they have been directly impacted by this “war.”

NewsSpecial Reports

Still Occupying: Police Occupy Wall Street

What was intended to be an act of civil disobedience turned into a cat-and-mouse chase with police, who prevented protestors from being able to occupy anything.

NewsSpecial Reports

Still Occupying: OWS not just a youth movement

By 7:09 a.m. Bill Steyert, 69, had been arrested for blocking traffic.

News

Still Occupying: Lack of cohesive message doesn’t stop the OWS movement.

The southernmost tip of Manhattan was transformed into a birthday party of sorts as the People’s Puppets, a theatrical group of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators, assembled, donned their party hats, rehearsed a few catchy OWS-themed tunes and marched north into the heart of the financial district.

News

Gun buyback event in Bushwick nets 85 weapons

Event was organized in response to the burgeoning number of homicides and gun violence in the Bushwick community.

News

Attica prison riot anniversary brings out luminaires who call for its closure

Attica Correctional Facility called “symbolic” of the woes of the nation’s prison system.

News

New law to protect sanitation workers from assault

Under the new law anyone who assaults a sanitation worker in New York City will be sentenced from 2 to 7 years in prison.