Friday, June 24th Hearing on Penn Station Redevelopment Plans
This morning at 10:00 A.M., Senator Krueger will hold a hearing on the Development Plan for Penn Station. Some of you may have seen our video (https://youtu.be/qj-Shi3S5a4) about the 2300 families that will lose their homes on 30th street in Manhattan. Landmarked buildings and churches will also be demolished for this project. We can not allow this to happen. New York is losing its character with developments that strip away decades of architecture and history.
The hearing will take place at 250 Broadway, 19th Floor in the Assembly Hearing Room, and be viewable online at https://www.nysenate.gov/calendar/public-hearings/june-24-2022/joint-public-hearing-receive-update-penn-station.
Wage theft among immigrant workers
Wage theft among immigrant workers happens much too frequently. Read this story about a Dominican painter, Miguel Tapia, and how his employer promised him $800 for a job and then only gave him $400.
Another failure of this administration
The Biden administration has not shown that it is willing to secure the lives of detained hostages around the world. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a zoom call to several of the families of those held, did not seem to prioritize efforts in hostage release. Please click on the link for the story:
The Supreme Court Shoots Down New York City Carry Law.
Mayor Adams and the Police Commissioner meet to address the new situation that will increase gun violence in NYC.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-new-york-gun-law-second-amendment/
When we think about unmanned cars driving down our streets, it gets a little scary to ponder, but imagine the oceans filled with unmanned ships. That is what the U.S. Navy is considering at this time. See this story at Breaking Defense:
https://breakingdefense.com/2022/06/navy-to-begin-key-competition-for-unmanned-autonomy-efforts/?mc_cid=9882dfb0ce&mc_eid=310f6840cc
Mayor Adams appoints a new Public Design Commissioner.
Sreoshy Banerjea, works in the past have included Broadway Junction, Sunnyside Yard, and the Seaport Climate Resilience Masterplan. The New York City Public Design Commission is responsible for permanent works of architecture, landscape architecture, and art proposed on or over City-owned property.
https://www.citylandnyc.org/mayor-appoints-sreoshy-banerjea-as-new-public-design-commissioner/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Fox Chairman alone Again
“The U.S. is the richest country in the world, yet no one has a guaranteed right to shelter, food, water, health care, education or anything else— unless they can pay for it.” For the latest information from the left, read this issue of Workers World. https://www.workers.org/2022/06/64986/
Rupert Murdoch, the owner of Fox News, and Jerry Hall, the model and former wife of Mick Jagger, are getting divorced. At the age of 91, can this mean the end of marriage for the Fox King?
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/22/business/media/rupert-murdoch-divorce-jerry-hall.html utm_source=postup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningMediaNewsfeed_Newsletter_220623080100&recip_id=157805&lyt_id=157805
Poor People’s March on Washington asks us all to change the government’s corrupt policies and back the creation of more unions. We support Rev. Dr. William Barber’s message.
https://www.laborpress.org/poor-peoples-march-on-washington-calls-for-moral-fusion-of-everybody-to-build-unions-and-change-corrupt-policies-of-greed/?utm_source=LaborPress&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13293664_June%2023%2C%202022&dm_i=1JEK,7WXGG,VQRAMA,WC37X,1
