Triumph Of The Human Spirit Day’s 25th Anniversary: Honoring Lower Manhattan’s Paved-Over Not-Forgotten African Burial Ground Beneath City Streets
25TH ANNIVERSARY TRIUMPH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT DAY HONORS THE AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND IN LOWER MANHATTAN…
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“Triumph Of The Human Spirit Day:” Ceremony to Honor African Burial Ground In Lower Manhattan, Reflect on Legacy of African Diaspora Across New York
“TRIUMPH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT DAY” HONORS THE AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND IN LOWER MANHATTAN AND…
NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees Rallies Alongside Council Member Marte Prior To City Council Meeting To Advocate For Safeguarding Healthcare For Retired City Workers
NYC RETIREES RALLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CHRISTOPHER MARTE AS HE INTRODUCES LEGISLATION PROTECTING THEIR HEALTHCARE Editor’s note: According…
NYC Municipal Retirees Tell Mayor Adams: Stop Trying To Take Medicare Away From Former City Workers, Union Employees
New Yorkers Tell Mayor Adams, “Stop trying to take Medicare away from NYC retirees!” Hundreds…
Frederick Douglass Memorial Park, Staten Island’s Only Non-Sectarian Cemetery Founded By, For NYC’s Black Community
MAYOR ADAMS, LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION DESIGNATE STATEN ISLAND’S FREDERICK DOUGLASS MEMORIAL PARK AS INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK Frederick Douglass…
Celebrating Juneteenth With New Heritage Walk, Landmarking Of Frederick Douglass Memorial Park, Other Progress Toward Equality
Celebrating Juneteenth with a New Heritage Walk, Landmark, and Progress Editor’s note: Staten Islander News…
Retiree Victory! Unanimous Appeals Court Ruling Affirms NYC Retired Municipal Workers’ Right To Keep Their Public Medicare Programs – UPDATED
New York Appellate Division Affirms City Retirees’ Right to Promised Medicare Benefits Today’s Ruling Bars…
Medicare Advantage Has Many Issues: HHS, CMS Need To Make New Policies To Reform Medicare Advantage – Send Letter To Your Representatives
Retirees have serious concerns about the Medicare Advantage program. Editor’s Note: As we have covered…
Judge Rules In Favor Of Retirees Regarding Illegally Charged Copayments
NY SUPREME COURT GRANTS CLASS STATUS TO NYC GOVT RETIREES OVER ILLEGALLY COLLECTED COPAYS The…
Put People Over Profit: Health Insurance Companies Rely On Claim Denials, Withholding Care To Achieve High Profits
Hundreds Rally at Aetna and UnitedHealth in Hartford to Demand Care & Reverse Denied Claims…
Not An Attack On Collective Bargaining: Fmr. NYC Union Leaders Dispute MLC’s Attack On Intro 1099 Protect NYC Retiree Healthcare
Former NYC Union Leaders Unite to Dispute MLC’s Lie About City Council Bill Int. 1099-2023…
NYC Retirees Call For Public Hearings On Intro 1099, Bill Will Protect Retirees’ Earned Healthcare Benefits
NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees Calls on City Council to Hold Public Hearing on…
NYC Wants To Force Retired NYPD, FDNY, EMS, Into Inferior Medicare Advantage Plan, Where Insurer, Not Doctor, Is Gatekeeper To Healthcare For Elderly – Interview With Marianne Pizzitola
NYC Retired Workers, Including Police, Fire, EMS, Who Are No Longer Voting Union Members, Being…
NYC Retirees Incl. FDNY, NYPD, EMS, Teachers, Other City Workers Win Permanent Injunction From NY State Supreme Court; City Files Appeal, Fight Continues
State Supreme Court Rules Against New York City’s Plan to Strip City Retirees of Promised Medicare…
NYC Organization Of Public Service Retirees Takes Fight Against Forced Medicare Advantage To Washington
NYC Retirees, Medicare Advantage Patients and Families Join Members of Congress to Call for an…
NYC Org of Public Service Retirees To Rally Outside City Hall TODAY To Call For Passage Of Intro 1099, Celebrate Court Injunction
New York City Retirees Rally Outside City Hall for Intro 1099 by CM Barron &…
NYC Retirees Secure Preliminary Injunction Halting City’s Plan To Force Them Off Their Current Promised Medicare Benefit Plans Onto Medicare Advantage
New York City Retirees Secure Preliminary Injunction Halting City’s Plan to Strip Them of Their…
NYC Org Of Public Service Retirees Responds To Union Boss Garrido’s Statements About Retirees, Healthcare
New York City Organization Of Public Service Retirees Responds to Union Boss Henry Garrido’s Misrepresentations…
NYC Retirees Respond To Mayor Adams Announcement He Registered Aetna Medicare Advantage Plan Despite Lawsuits, Refusal Of Most Physicians To Accept Plan
New York City Retiree’s Response to Mayor Adams Announcement he Registered the Aetna Medicare Advantage…
NYC Organization Of Civil Service Retirees Thanks Comptroller Lander For Rejection Of Aetna Medicare Advantage Contract
New York City Retiree’s Response to Comptroller Lander Refusing to Register the Aetna Medicare Advantage…
NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees Secures Another Victory On Appeal For Healthcare Rights Of Retirees
NEW YORK CITY ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC SERVICE RETIREES SECURES ANOTHER APPELLATE VICTORY FOR RETIREE HEALTHCARE…
Marianne Pizzitola Of NYC Org Of Public Service Retirees Makes Statement About Forced Health Care Change By Adams’ Administration
New York City Organization Of Public Service Retirees Responds To NYC Council Decision To Table…
OPINION – NYC Union Retirees Health Plan Debate: Ageist Collusion Harms Elders
A Message From the Assertive Kids Foundation President One of the aims of Assertive Kids…
Battle For Retiree Healthcare Is Far From Over. Municipal Labor Committee, To Benefit Of City, Not Retirees, Votes To Force All Retired NYC Workers Into Medicare Advantage, Limiting Doctors They Can See, Reducing Insurance Coverage
We have received an update from Marianne Pizzitola of the NYC Organization Of Retired Municipal…
Marianne Pizzitola of NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees Congratulates DC 37 On Tentative Contract Agreement
New York City Organization Of Public Service Retirees Congratulates DC37 on Their Tentative Contract Agreement,…
NYC Organization Of Public Service Retirees Responds To NYC Council Decision Rejecting A Vote On Healthcare Privatization, Will Not To Change Administrative Code
New York City Organization Of Public Service Retirees Responds To NYC Council Decision To Table…
NY City Council Releases Joint Statement On Administrative Code Changes To Preserve Health Care Choice For Retirees
Editor’s Note: This joint statement is the most recent statement provided by the City Council…
Candidates Call For Scrapping “Vision Zero” Plan As Failure In Preventing Pedestrian Fatalities, While Success In Increasing Driver Confusion, Filling City Coffers
Staten Island, NY: Leticia Remauro, Conservative Candidate for Staten Island Borough President, George S. Wonica,…
NYC tells schools to expect an influx of summer students. With just days left, principals aren’t happy.
Originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their…
Brittany Ramos DeBarros’ Statement Calling For The Resignation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo
NEW YORK—Brittany Ramos DeBarros, Democratic candidate for Congress in NY-11, released the following statement today…
New York Proposes $3 “Tax” On All Online Deliveries To Raise Money For MTA, Stop Amazon’s Dominance
New York has revived a proposal that sought to add a $3 delivery surcharge to…
Street Party At Mac’s! Shutdown Protest In Grant City Draws Hundreds
On Wednesday, Grant City was jumping, with loud music blaring and a large crowd of…
Thin Blue Line Painted Over At Clove Lakes Park In Staten Island – Sam Pirozzolo Speaks
Thin Blue Line Painted Over Sam Pirozzolo, a resident of Staten Island, speaks about the…
“Don’t Give Up The Ship” Rally At City Hall Park Organized By Scott LoBaido
Staten Island’s homegrown patriot, Mr. Scott LoBaido, is at it again. No; he hasn’t painted…
Restore The 9/11 Tribute Lights – Letter And Press Release – Sam Pirozzolo To Mayor DeBlasio
August 8, 2020 The Honorable Bill deBlasio Mayor City Hall New York NY 10007 Re:…
Mayor de Blasio: Hyper-Local COVID-19 Resource Deployment To Hardest Hit Areas Of NYC
NYC’s Test & Trace Corps will hit the streets in Tremont, a Bronx neighborhood among…
Bloviating Politicians Issue Stern Threats While You Swelter In The Dark
As surely as the first flower of spring or the yearly increase in bridge tolls,…
Quarantine Checkpoint Pilot Program Begins At Staten Island Crossings Into NJ
If you’re coming into NYC from any of the thirty five “high COVID infection rate”…
NYC Phase IV Reopening Finally Here
New York City has been in the midst of a shutdown for months, since way…
Happy Juneteenth, Staten Island! Black Lives Matter Mural Painted On Richmond Terrace
Today, the phrase “BLACK LIVES MATTER,” in gargantuan yellow all-caps sans-serif type, was paint-rollered onto…
Interview With Bobby Catone Of Sunbelievable Tanning Salon About Reopening And Small Businesses Being Essential
You may have forgotten that just before the protests started in New York City, Bobby…
Mayor de Blasio Disbands Plainclothes Police Unit; City Mulls $1B Cut In Funding
Mayor de Blasio pledged to divert funding for the NYPD to youth programs and social…
Thoughts On Defunding The Police By Sam Pirozzolo
Get ready folks, the newest form of funding is coming your way. It’s called diversion….
An Interview With Steve Margarella About Staten Island Small Business And Reopening Staten Island
Steve Margarella is the owner of Margarella Asphalt and Concrete, a local Staten Island small…
Save Staten Island Small Business Rally In Annadale Draws Huge Crowd; Big Media Conspicuously Absent
Today there was another rally organized by Staten Islanders advocating on behalf of small businesses…
Where Is The Money? Unemployed Gig Workers, Freelancers, and Self-Employed Struggle While Waiting
I’m a self-employed individual working in an industry that was not considered “essential.” Lately, I’ve…
PBA Pres. Lynch Press Release: “Get Cops Out of Social Distancing”
Police Benevolent Association President Patrick J. Lynch was direct and to-the-point on Monday in his…
Mayor de Blasio Wishes Jews Happy Yom Ha’atzmaut, Late Last Nite Singled Out Bklyn Haredeim
What gives? Today is Yom Ha’atzmaut, Isreal’s nationally celebrated Independence Day. This day marks Israel’s…
Lack of Evidence and Unintended Consequences: Social Distancing and Social Isolation
While everyone is stuck in their homes, many of them are wondering where the evidence…
Mayor de Blasio: Snitch On Social Distancing Scoffers, NY’ers
Rat ’em out! Mayor de Blasio is telling New Yorkers do do just that to…
Gov Cuomo: Mask Up In Public. NOW! Employers Must Provide Masks To Essential Workers.
Governor Cuomo has issued an Executive Order mandating that all employers provide essential workers with…
HOAX: NYC NOT Planning To Bury COVID-19 Dead In Your Local Park!
Stop scaring New Yorkers! Earlier today, Manhattan Democrat Mark D. Levine, City Council health committee…
Sam For City Council Calls on Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio To Halt All New York State and New York City Taxes and Fines
An open letter by Sam Pirozzolo to Mayor DeBlasio, Governor Cuomo, and Residents of New…
Keep Calm! Containment & Preparedness Keys To Community Readiness For Covid-19
Keep Calm! Containment & Preparedness Keys To Community Readiness For Covid-19 As Staten Island, NYC,…
Opinion: Sam Pirozzolo Calls For IMMEDIATE NYC Public School Shutdown
March 13, 2020 I am calling for an immediate shutdown of NYC Public Schools. As…
As NYC Approves Impounding Cars For Speed Cam Violations, Islander Activists Take To The Streets
It’s official. New York City will now impound your motor vehicle if you garner enough…
Homeowners: Have Sidewalks Damaged By City Trees? City to Stop Issuing New Violations, Waive Standing Liens & Fees
Have a sidewalk in front of your home that has cracked or risen flags due…