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Making a Greener Economy a Fairer Economy

Gotham Gazette, by Dan Steinberg, July 8, 2011. In the absence of leadership from the Bloomberg administration, the task of coordinating the city's economic development activities with its sustainability plan has largely been left to non-governmental organizations such as Urban Agenda (now the Alliance for a Greater New York), the Pratt Center for Community Development, NYC Apollo Alliance, and grassroots efforts such as Green Worker Cooperatives.


Walmart Free NYC, USW on Fair Trade

Union Edge, Hosted by Charles Showalter, July 8, 2011. Our first guest is Matt Ryan of Align: the Alliance for a Greater New York, which is part of the Walmart Free NYC Coalition. He discusses why and how they're trying to keep Walmart out of NYC.



Where’s the jobs plan?

Whatever your politics, this actor made a delightful fool of himself doing this 4-1/2 minute video. And some folks at the Capitol clearly had a good time playing along.



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