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A major step forward for cleaning up NYC's Dirty Buildings
More Dangerous Than Ever: NYC's Unsafe Commercial Garbage Companies Still Put Us All At Risk
MOVING TOGETHER: How to fix our broken transit infrastructure
Community orgs to officials: Stop rolling out the red carpet for Amazon in NY
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The Trump Family's Dirty Buildings: A Major Climate Threat to NYC

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Enforcing the “Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC” Act

September 19, 2018

The Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act is a comprehensive law that "protects independent and contracted workers, and even unpaid interns." We are working to ensure that companies and organizations are implementing these laws effectively. This is one step forward for putting a permanent end to sexual harassment and changing workplace culture.

Challenging New E-Commerce Businesses

September 19, 2018

Maritza-Silva Farrell voices her concerns about new e-commerce businesses and their disruption to local businesses, stability for low-wage workers and other global manufacturers and retailers. Her previous fight to keep Walmart from expanding into the city isn't over yet. She and other labor activists are switching fronts to combat the rise of digital company giants like Amazon and Jet.

Modernizing the MTA Infrastructure

September 19, 2018

In a Daily News op-ed, "The subways' new leadership test: Where will the money for long-overdue transformation come from?" John Raskin and Martiza Silva-Farrell express their demands for an revitalized MTA system that relies on a new, sustainable source of revenue.

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Combating the Gentrification of Jobs in New York City

June 19, 2018

The dominant narrative is that New York City’s economy is booming. But it’s only booming for some. In places like Brownsville, Brooklyn and University Heights in the Bronx, unemployment is still more than 10%, compared to the city-wide rate of 4.3%.

More Dangerous Than Ever – New York City’s Unsafe Commercial Garbage Companies Still Put Us All At Risk

April 9, 2018

More Dangerous Than Ever, a new report from Transform Don’t Trash NYC, finds that crashes in the commercial sanitation industry have doubled over the last two years.

The only way to meet NYC’s climate targets

October 30, 2017

A whole building approach to emissions
Buildings produce almost 70% of the city’s greenhouse gas emissions. The city will not meet its climate change commitment of reducing emissions 80% by 2050 unless it targets its big buildings, and unless it take a “whole building” approach that covers the use of fossil fuels, electricity, and central steam.

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