Some 873,000 workers in major New York State low-paid industries are misclassified as independent contractors.
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Transit costs often overwhelm the budgets of low-income New Yorkers. Many don’t even know that they’re eligible for half-price fares.
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There’s a way to make “billionaires’ row” absentee condo owners pay a fairer tax share – and provide relief to lower-income homeowners, too.
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A campaign for fair pay and safe working conditions reveals how being classified “independent contractors” denies workers fundamental protections.
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The time is ripe for a holistic strategy to strengthen historically traumatized communities.
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A new career ladders program is designed to reduce workplace inequality, stabilize a high-turnover workforce, and improve essential services.
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Racial disparity has been the legacy of the child welfare system. It doesn’t have to be its future.
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There is a maternal health emergency in New York City. It’s deeply rooted in racism. And it’s one the next mayor can do a lot to stop.
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Stopping unnecessary, punitive child welfare investigations is the right thing to do.
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Young people in communities hit hard by Covid-19 want to work while they learn, and help support their families.
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Done right, legalization can redress longstanding injustices and strengthen local economies in both rural and urban communities.
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In New York City, skin color helps determine where a patient receives hospital care. It’s a form of systemic discrimination that undermines the health of Black New Yorkers.
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A paycheck guarantee program would help an economy that has been hemorrhaging jobs and also address the profoundly racialized impact of the Covid-19 crisis.
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The Covid-19 pandemic is hitting the underfinanced hospitals serving thousands of poor and working-class New Yorkers the hardest. Now it’s up to State and City policymakers to straighten things out and make New York City’s hospital system work better for everyone.
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The sectors of the city's economy hardest hit by the Covid-19 contraction rely heavily on immigrant workers Nearly 200,000 undocumented workers have lost jobs, and they've been left out of many unemployment relief measures.
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The Covid-19 outbreak and the massive economic dislocations it has induced have brought renewed attention to the lack of benefits, including employment-based health insurance coverage, typically experienced by workers classified as independent contractors.
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