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The Biden courtier problem, don’t bow to the base and other commentary
For “the modern Presidency, the courtier game is probably an occupational hazard,” argues Arnold Kling at In My Tribe.
Defend your Medicaid and school-aid cuts, Gov. Hochul
The central conflict in this year's state budget negotiations is that Gov. Hochul wants to rein in the fastest-growing spending categories.
Powerful healthcare union benefitted from provision slipped into last year’s NY state budget -- home health worker agencies beg Hochul to undo it
Additional funding pumped from the state into QIVAPP has been keeping 1199’s struggling Home Health Worker Benefit Fund afloat.
Ultra-progressive 1199SEIU union bosses 'used n-word, groped staff and fired victims': lawsuits
Lawsuits reveal a catalog of claims including a vice president accused of groping and a supervisor who wanted black staff "caged."
SEIU 1199 refuses to put its money where its social-justice mouth is
The powerful union SEIU 1199 backs progressive causes but has recent under fire for refusing to honor its own ideals in investing the huge pile of cash it controls.
Sharpton says powerful 1199 SEIU must do better investing in minority-owned funds
Harlem civil rights leader Al Sharpton on Saturday called out one of the most powerful unions in New York for its failure to invest their assets in minority-run investment funds.
Ultra-progressive NY union blasted for 'hypocrisy and selling out members'
Service Employees Local Union 1199 SEIU is being accused of hypocrisy by refusing to invest in diverse businesses and of selling out underpaid workers.
Killing care-home reforms, EPA’s electric-vehicle insanity and other commentary
With union support, “nearly half of New York’s nursing homes would be effectively exempted from a two-year-old minimum spending law under terms of a rollback” passed last week, grumbles the...
Union leaders enlist NY Democrats in key budget fights with Gov. Kathy Hochul
The governor is fighting unions aligned with Democratic lawmakers over top issues like healthcare funding, charter schools and the minimum wage
Powerful union to back Carlina Rivera over Bill de Blasio for Congress
"It’s a huge get for Carlina Rivera. I has to be disappointing for the other candidates in the race – any of whom would've killed for the endorsement of a...
Union boss demands Rikers worker fixes in letter to mayor
The boss of a powerful city union demanded safety fixes for hundreds of doctors, nurses and other health care workers assigned to the city's jails. Staffing shortages and violent threats...
Hospitals workers union pushes for fat pay hikes amid COVID
Local 1199 of the Service Employees International Union is pushing for pay hikes amid the coronavirus pandemic — and threaten to strike, sources told The Post.
Maya Wiley rails against billionaires — despite big-bucks backing by George Soros
George Soros, the 90-year-old liberal kingmaker often criticized by Republicans and others for his outsize political influence, has ties to Wiley dating back to the 1990s.
Major health care workers union backs Maya Wiley for NYC mayor
New York's largest union representing health care workers endorsed Maya Wiley for mayor. The announcement of support Friday from 1199 of the Service Employees International Union provides a boost to...
Cuomo's pre-election payoff to a major union
Gov. Cuomo isn’t bothering to campaign publicly in the runup to Election Day, but he’s sure playing politics. His latest move: a giant, and fiscally reckless, giveaway to his friends...
Why a top-down push for more women on the City Council won't work
An outfit pushing for more woman on the City Council recently asked all eight candidates for speaker to embrace the drive. But backroom dealing by county bosses had already determined...
Piercing the fog of de Blasio's cover-ups
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s damage control efforts in two separate scandals took heavy hits last week. What’s next? Start with the removal of deed restrictions on that Rivington Street property...
Powerful union backing GOP's bid to keep control of NY Senate
A powerful union with close ties to both Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio is throwing its money behind the Republican Party’s bid to maintain control of the state Senate....
Top de Blasio aide knew about shady nursing home deal for over a year
Mayor de Blasio’s top political lieutenant Emma Wolfe was made aware of discussions about the controversial sale of the Rivington House nursing home as early as January 2015, sources and...
Local union sees old Times Square deal get new life
It was first revealed here nine years ago — in October 2006 — that the powerful 1199 Service Employees International Union local was trying to sell its Times Square headquarters...