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After 17 months of negotiations and two days of striking, almost 1,000 non-tenure track faculty at New York University agreed to a contract with major upgrades to their pay and benefits. In an email to its members just before 2 a.m. Tuesday night, the union’s bargaining committee announced a tentative agreement with the university that

If you’ve been a close reader of this paper the past few months, you’ve probably figured out that we are big supporters of Layla Law-Gisiko. This has nothing at all to do with Derek and the Dominos, but rather her governing principles, especially in what is called land use. For some time I’ve been reading

Layla Law-Gisiko has spent the past two decades enmeshing herself in the hard-nosed and oftentimes shady world of Manhattan land use, and she doesn’t like what she’s seen. “I’ve seen up-close how the sausage gets made,” Law-Gisiko told the Village Star-Revue. “And I really just think we should be doing better for our community.” That

Residents of NYCHA’s Elliott-Chelsea and Fulton Houses need to keep up the pressure against the housing authority’s plan to demolish and replace the buildings, several hundred people stressed during a demonstration at Fulton on Saturday, March 14. The plan by NYCHA, The Related Companies, and Essence Development would destroy all 2,056 apartments on the two

Brody Hale describes himself as “the poorest lawyer you’re ever going to meet,” but it’s his fierce intensity, sharp tongue and equally sharp intelligence that distinguish him. He is literally a man on a mission, a mission to keep Catholic churches from closing—and so far, his efforts have saved at least 20 churches across the

New School unions continue fight against cuts and layoffs Entering the Spring semester at The New School, the New Students Workers Union (NewSWU) and the Academic Students Worker Union (SENS-UAW) held their first meeting of the spring semester on Friday, Feb. 27, at The New School’s Albert and Vera Academic Center. Students, staff, and faculty

“Please allow me to demolish this building so I can build luxury condos.” That, in a nutshell, is a derelict landlord’s request to the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), according to Lower Manhattan District 1 Council Member Chris Marte. Speaking at a rain-drenched Feb. 20 rally to save the landmarked and vacant 150-year-old

The campaign to replace Erik Bottcher as councilmember for the 3rd Council District is up and running, with a special election slated for April 28. Endorsements are pouring in, but along with boosting their own candidacies, the candidates have another task – making people aware of the election in general. The candidates, all Democrats, are

ICE’s abuses of power, affordable housing, and the planned demolition and redevelopment of NYCHA’s Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses were front and center at the Chelsea Reform Democratic Club’s Zoom forum on Monday, Jan. 27, featuring the four candidates for the Democratic nomination for City Councilmember representing Council District 3. The candidates are Leslie Boghosian Murphy, an