Governor Hochul Introduces Executive Budget
By the DC 37 Political Action & Legislative Department On Feb. 1, Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed her executive budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2024. Below is an overview of [...]
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Early Retirement Incentive Battle Begins in Albany
By MIKE LEE DC 37 and other New York City unions are engaged in lobbying the state legislature for temporary Early Retirement Incentive (ERI) legislation that would allow the [...]
A Tax Break for Union Workers
For once we have a tax break for the middle class instead of the 1 percent. A new state tax break for union dues will save an estimated 500,000 workers up to $35 million a [...]
Activists Block $800,000 State Budget Cut to CUNY and city hospitals
By ALFREDO ALVARADO In the state budget passed on April 1, lawmakers nixed plans to eliminate nearly $800 million in the state’s financial support for NYC Health + [...]
DC 37 Delivers Thousands of Signatures to Gov. Cuomo Calling for Full CUNY Funding
As state budget negotiations continue in Albany, District Council 37 leaders and activists today delivered to Gov. Cuomo’s New York City office the names of more than 5,000 [...]
Assembly and Senate at Odds over a Proposed $485 Million Cut at CUNY
By GREGORY N. HEIRES Albany legislators are divided over the state budget plan to cut $485 million in funding for the City University of New York and pass along that [...]
CUNY under attack
By HENRY GARRIDO Executive Director, District Council 37, AFSCME, AFL-CIO Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed a state budget that would essentially starve the City University of [...]
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