Union plots next move as NY utility talks collapse
FILE- In this Aug, 20, 2989 file photo, a Consolidated Edison crew works to repair a steam pipe that had exploded in New York City. Consolidated Edison and its unionized workers are facing a midnight, July 1, 2012, deadline as their contract negotiations continue. (AP Photo/David A. Cantor, File David A. Cantor — AP NEW […]
Few hard details about 24 schools as city prepares legal action
Mayor Bloomberg speaks at a press conference this afternoon in Union Square. The city canceled meetings with the teachers and principals unions today as its lawyers prepare to seek a restraining order against a ruling that reverses thousands of hiring decisions at 24 struggling schools. Both the United Federation of Teachers and the Council of […]
Graffiti Mecca 5Pointz to be Replaced by Two High-Rises
LONG ISLAND CITY — The owners of the famed, graffiti-covered 5Pointz warehouse are looking to replace the iconic building, used by artists for almost two decades, with a pair of residential towers. David Wolkoff said he expected the so-called graffiti mecca — on Davis Street and Jackson Avenue, right next to the Court Square subway […]
Union plots next move as NY utility talks collapse
By VERENA DOBNIK The Associated Press NEW YORK — Unionized workers with Consolidated Edison in New York City will be picketing as their leadership plots their next move following failed contract talks and a lockout. FILE- In this July 24, 2006 file photo, a Consolidated Edison crew checks a service box in the Queens borough […]
Union plots next move as NY utility talks collapse
NEW YORK — Unionized workers with Consolidated Edison in New York City will be picketing as their leadership plots their next move following failed contract talks and a lockout. A union spokesman said Harry Farrell, president of Local 1-2 of the Utility Workers of America, on Monday will call for federal mediators to intervene to […]
New Mural at Hunters Point Ave
A real NYC artist made this. And now we can enjoy it here in LIC.
NY utility, union talks collapse amid hot weather
NEW YORK — Consolidated Edison closed walk-in centers, suspended meter readings and limited work on major construction projects in New York on Sunday after contract talks between the utility and its unionized workers broke down in the middle of a wave of extremely hot weather. Negotiations stopped just before 2 a.m. Sunday, a couple of […]
Union plots next move as NY utility talks collapse
NEW YORK (AP) — Unionized workers with Consolidated Edison in New York City will be picketing as their leadership plots their next move following failed contract talks and a lockout. A union spokesman said Harry Farrell, president of Local 1-2 of the Utility Workers of America, on Monday will call for federal mediators to intervene […]
NY utility, union talks collapse amid hot weather
NEW YORK (AP) — Consolidated Edison closed walk-in centers, suspended meter readings and limited work on major construction projects in New York on Sunday after contract talks between the utility and its unionized workers broke down in the middle of a wave of extremely hot weather. Negotiations stopped just before 2 a.m. Sunday, a couple […]
Towering furor
A 75-year-old Queens billboard could go blank if the city has its way. Atlantic Outdoor Advertising began leasing the billboard at 23-10 Queens Plaza South in 1999, but when it sought permission to change wording on the rooftop display last year, the move was rejected because the city claimed the billboard was not an “advertising” […]