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Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso used a Williamsburg press convention Monday to make Puerto Rico coverage a central piece of his marketing campaign for Congress, releasing a broad federal platform for the island alongside retiring U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez. The plan provides Reynoso a brand new method to argue that he’s greatest positioned to hold ahead Velázquez’s legacy in New York’s seventh Congressional District, a closely Democratic Brooklyn-and-Queens seat with deep Puerto Rican political roots. Reynoso is operating within the Democratic major in opposition to Queens Meeting Member Claire Valdez, who’s backed by the Democratic Socialists of America and Mayor…

New York Metropolis is a union city, and on Could 14, the New York Metropolis Council handed Decision 26, calling for the creation of a Labor Historical past Month within the metropolis’s public faculties. The measure goals to coach college students concerning the labor motion’s position in securing staff’ rights, together with office protections and the 40-hour workweek. An analogous invoice was handed by the California Legislature in 2023. The decision, sponsored by Council Member Alexa Avilés (D-Brooklyn), emphasizes the significance of advancing staff’ collective energy amid declining union density nationwide. Avilés underscored the necessity to elevate consciousness about present office…