The Daily News, By Jennifer Fermino, April 29, 2013. A group of evacuees left homeless by Superstorm Sandy are suing to stay in hotels that the city says they need to leave by tomorrow. Six months to the day that Sandy hit New York City, five individuals filed a lawsuit today to prevent the city from following through with its deadline to end its temporary hotel program for Sandy victims.
Bangladeshi Factory Fire Survivors, Truck Drivers, Manufacturing & Warehouse Workers from Walmart Suppliers Demand Safety & Health Improvements Throughout Supply-Chain
New York, NY- Survivors of last year’s horrific fire at Tazreen factory in Bangladesh, which produced apparel for Walmart, joined U.S.-based…
Survivors of last year’s horrific fire at Tazreen factory in Bangladesh, which produced apparel for Walmart, joined U.S.-based workers from across Walmart’s supply chain to pressure the retailer to make necessary improvements to unsafe work conditions that can prevent future tragedies.
The Daily News, By Erin Durkin, April 15, 2013. Many Sandy victim families will be left with no place to go when the city pulls the plug on its hotel program at the end of the month, advocates warn in a new report. Some 592 families are still in hotels six months after the storm, according to the latest city data, and the city is trying to get them out and into other housing by the April 30 deadline officials have set to end the program. Advocates are urging the city to scrap the deadline.
Syracuse Post-Standard, By Rick Moriarty, April 8, 2013. A new state law bars industrial development agencies from assisting retail projects, but local officials say that won't stop them from giving tax breaks to projects like a proposed suburban Syracuse shopping center that will include Upstate New York's first Costco store. Mary Beth Primo, Onondaga County's economic development director, said the $50 million Township 5 project in Camillus would qualify for tax breaks under exceptions built into the law.