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HandsOffNYCare employed an LED truck to circle the Comptroller’s workplace all week as he decides whether or not to certify or reject the contract Picture by HandsOffNYCare A coalition of NYC employees, retirees, and an advocacy group is suing to dam a sweeping health-benefits restructuring that will reshape protection for roughly 750,000 public-sector employees and retirees. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, challenges town’s plan to switch its long-standing, insured health-care protection with what the coalition calls an illegal, self-funded mannequin that will strip away protections assured by state legislation. The authorized problem comes on the heels of a vote final month…
A lady casts her poll throughout early voting in Brooklyn on Oct. 25, 2025. Picture by Lloyd Mitchell The unbelievable turnout in early voting throughout New York Metropolis up to now has been one of the vital encouraging developments of the yr. Democracy is alive and properly within the Massive Apple. Greater than 300,000 individuals have already solid their ballots within the 2025 normal election, voting for the following mayor of New York Metropolis. That quantity is exponentially bigger than the abysmal early voting turnout within the 2021 mayoral election, when lower than 100,000 individuals went to the polls throughout…