This morning, @NYCMayor will announce the creation of a new Committee on Construction Safety aimed at protecting workers as part of his housing plan.
Read more about it in my interview with Department of Buildings Commissioner, Ahmed Tigani:
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Read my conversation with @stschrader1 about the relationship between municipal police and ICE, the political alignment of police unions with Trump and how those dynamics are playing out in NYC under Mayor Mamdani.
His book, Blue Power, just released
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A contractor paid workers $10–$18/hour on jobs worth $70/hour. Used a shell company to hide them. Told them to “get into a porta-potty” when inspectors showed up.
Read more about one of the most elaborate labor exploitation schemes in recent NYC history:
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Early Thursday morning, federal immigration agents deceived their way into a Columbia University residential building and detained Ellie Aghayeva, who posted to Instagram saying, “DHS illegally arrested me. Please help.”
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See my review of Stuart Schrader's upcoming book Blue Power, which charts the development of police unions' unique power in American politics:
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‘New York is a union town!’ Nearly 5,000 rallied in Union Square to protest ICE’s attacks on immigrant workers, standing in solidarity with Minneapolis and labor nationwide.
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first article out for @TheChiefLeader
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