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05/21/2020

1199SEIU Members hold silent vigil outside Holliswood Center nursing home honoring lost colleagues and patients and asking for crisis pay since they risk their health every day to help others. One of 36 such vigils across the state today.

01/19/2020

Scary stuff. Why newspapers still matter

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technology/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says.

02/26/2019

Another nice story on the city’s amazing 2-year-old artist.
https://nypost.com/2019/02/26/this-2-year-old-picasso-is-taking-the-art-world-by-storm/

She’s a pint-sized Picasso! Two-year-old Lola June may still be in diapers, but the tot is already taking the New York art world by storm, as she has created paintings that have sold to wealthy col…

06/27/2018

This is really bad.
From WaPo.

In major blow to organized labor, Supreme Court says public employee unions may not charge fees to non- members.

05/14/2018

http://ee.usatoday.com/eMag/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=USAM%2F2018%2F04%2F23&entity=Ar01800&sk=FE6728FA&mode=text

“A significant factor” in ending U.S. involvement in Vietnam: Active-duty soldiers join an antiwar march in Washington, D.C., in April 1971. DAVID FENTON, GETTY IMAGES

11/24/2017

Interesting.

https://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/40/48/dtg-landmarks-approves-fort-greene-park-resdesign-2017-12-01-bk.html

They Greene-lit the project and locals are seeing red!

11/17/2017

Now you can drink your Thanksgiving Turkey!

http://www.nydailynews.com/search-results/search-results-7.113?q=Joe+Dziemianowicz&nydn-search-url=site

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11/07/2017

Why quality journalism matters. Amazing story. Well-researched and documented.
https://www.newyorker.com

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10/30/2017

Trump needs to really get behind the push to fight the opioid crisis. Just Say No never worked.

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/missing-piece-trump-opioid-plan-article-1.3593271

President Trump is right to declare a national opioid public health crisis. Every 10 minutes, an American falls...

10/17/2017

Nice little street art piece from FIT about DREAMERS.

http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2017/10/16/fashion-students-in-chelsea-create-chalk-mural-hundreds-of-feet-wide

Some students at the Fashion Institute of Technology are drawing attention to the country's current political climate with a chalk mural, hundreds of feet wide.

10/11/2017

How insurance companies skirt the law to gouge AIDS patients and others with pre-existing conditions. En Espaniol.

https://eldiariony.com/2017/10/10/como-las-aseguradoras-evaden-el-reglamento-de-las-condiciones-preexistentes/

Cómo las aseguradoras evaden el reglamento de las condiciones preexistentes

10/03/2017

Puerto Rico needs actions, not words. Real help rebuilding, not lectures.

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/president-trump-owes-puerto-rico-action-article-1.3538567

After nearly two weeks of first ignoring Hurricane Maria and then blaming the island’s government and financial...

09/25/2017

Mega-marathon man. Part 2
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/british-army-vet-finishes-3-000-mile-run-brooklyn-bridge-article-1.3514648

He endured snakes, gnats, and blisters — and still he sounded bittersweet as he finished his solo cross-country run at the Brooklyn Bridge.

09/22/2017

A real cross country run!

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2017/9/22/brit-completes-epic-3000-mile-run-fellow-army-vets-brooklyn-bridge

After an astounding 3,000 mile trek from San Francisco to New York — alone and with no support — British vet Paul Wheeler ran into Brooklyn on Friday, crossing the Brooklyn Bridge while pushing his camping gear in a stroller named “Wheelson."

09/21/2017

Oops. Double-breasted beware! Unions win $76 million!
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/union-workers-win-76m-firm-skirted-deal-alter-ego-article-1.3511717

The company, accused avoiding union wages and union benefit payments has to cough up $76 million, to the workers it cheated.

09/14/2017

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08/12/2017

Required reading.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/08/11/fashion/weddings/senior-citizen-older-couple-wedding.html

She’s 98. He’s 94. They Met at the Gym.SHAREShare on FacebookPost on TwitterEmailLog in to SaveRead Laterhttps://nyti.ms/2uMQTGfShare on LinkedInShare on WhatsappShare on Google PlusShare on RedditShareCancelAlvin Mann and Gertrude Mokotoff exchanged vows on Aug. 5 before 50 family members and frien...

07/24/2017

Still fighting diller island

https://www.politicopro.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2017/07/24/in-the-midst-of-settlement-talks-city-club-publicizes-another-diller-island-suit-113584

07/23/2017

Me, quoted in a Toronto Sun column on OJ Simpson

http://m.torontosun.com/2017/07/22/whats-next-for-oj-simpson

At times, during O.J. Simpson’s parole hearing it seemed as though the battered old jock was moving his body like he was evading bruising linebackers.

07/13/2017

Fabulous article on NYC's "Ladders for Leaders" paid internship program.

http://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/as-nyc-tech-industry-grows-city-aims-to-fill-skills-gap/d/d-id/1329271

Ladders for Leaders is a New York City initiative by the Office of the Mayor that aims to tackle NYC's youth employment crisis while training what they hope will be the most diverse tech workforce.

07/05/2017

Good story about a great jobs program
http://rew-online.com/2017/07/05/real-estate-industry-hires-record-number-of-summer-interns/

New York’s real estate community has helped the city place some 600 young adults in high profile paid summer internships so far this year.

07/01/2017

Nice story on a great internship program for city kids!

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/students-work-paid-summer-internships-700-city-companies-article-1.3294022

A record-breaking 715 businesses are offering paid, private-sector internships in the city's workforce-development program.

06/27/2017

Great personal story in why the senate's health care bill sucks.

http://forward.com/opinion/politics/375588/dear-gop-senators-your-health-care-bill-targets-my-son/?attribution=home-hero-item-text-1

Republican senators’ vote this week on health care reform will change the lives of millions of children, for the worse.

06/16/2017

Stop paying carwash workers a sub-minimum wage!

http://cityandstateny.com/articles/opinion/new-york-city-carwasheros-deserve-a-livable-wage.html

New York Slant, a website dedicated to opinion and analysis on New York City and state politics and government.

06/08/2017

Great program helping great kids.

http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2017/23/laddersleaders_2017_06_09_q.html

The de Blasio administration is hoping to expand an internship program which is already popular with high school and college students in Queens. The public-private partnership, called Ladders For Leaders, placed 1,538 high-performing students at 475 job sites last summer with paid internships.

06/05/2017

It's time for car wash owners to start paying workers the true minimum wage

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/bare-minimum-owed-carwasheros-article-1.3216402

Car-wash workers like me — we’re typically called carwasheros — are the among the hardest-working, and

06/02/2017

Nice story on great arts program. Come to chashama gala on June 8.
https://www.nativa-world.com/non-profit-keeps-arts-alive-nyc/

A non profit in New York City is supporting the arts sector and helping artists by providing unused real estate spaces for them to work, learn and present

05/17/2017

Nice op-Ed on a terrific internship program for city kids.

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20170517/OPINION/170519995/how-new-york-city-is-solving-the-puzzle-of-out-of-work-youth

Most successful adults can vouch for the importance of early work experience in setting them on a path toward stable, rewarding careers. Whether they run a few hours after-school or two months in the summer, jobs teach responsibility, interpersonal skills, problem-solving and how to manage money. Ev...

05/09/2017

Car wash strike in queens enters day 3.

http://www.ny1noticias.com/nyc/twc-ny1-noticias/noticias/2017/05/7/trabajadores-en-un--carwash--en-queens-protestan-por-negativa-due-o-a-negociar-contrato-laboral.html

El contrato anterior se habría vencido hace varios meses y según los trabajadores, el propietario se rehusa a sentarse con ellos a negociar uno nuevo.

05/03/2017

Terrific Jim Dwyer column on why Judy Clark should have made parole

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/nyregion/judith-clark-parole-interview.html

In her first interview since being turned down by the parole board, Judith Clark says she had hoped to show that change was possible and acknowledged.

05/03/2017

Gustavo Rivera and Ritchie Torres demand fair contract for carwasheros

https://eldiariony.com/2017/05/02/carwasheros-insisten-que-haran-escuchar-sus-reclamaciones/

Los ‘carwasheros’ que trabajan en el Cross Bronx Car Wash declarados en huelga en demanda de mejores condiciones laborales el sábado, retornaron a sus

04/30/2017

Bronx Carwasheros strike over owner's refusal to negotiate. Owner locks them out.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/car-washers-walk-job-workers-nyc-suffer-labor-woes-article-1.3118723

City “carwasheros” at a Bronx facility have walked off the job — the latest group of New York workers caught up in labor strife.

04/29/2017

Subcontractor hit for death of Brooklyn construction worker

https://therealdeal.com/2017/04/28/osha-finds-subcontractor-responsible-for-death-on-dobro-construction-site/

Safety officials found a subcontractor working on GFI Capital Resource Group’s hotel development site in Downtown Brooklyn responsible for an accident

04/27/2017

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