“We created the first-in-the-nation Office of Worker Power to put the full weight of City Hall behind the people who keep New York running,” said [NYC Mayor] Mamdani. “The nurse working a double shift. The teacher working a second job. The warehouse workers organizing for a union. Every New Yorker working hard to build a life and support a family. On Labor Day, we honor the workers who came before us by fighting for the workers who come next.”
Julie Su, the former acting US Labor Secretary who now serves as New York City’s deputy mayor for economic justice, will oversee the new office, which will be led by longtime union organizer Tony Perlstein.
Did she not just get the kids free lunch and breakfast? Sure shes a policy wonk but, I feel like she’s doing better than 98% of all mayors.
That plan was approved by the City Council well before her time. This time around it just coincidentally lined up with a surplus in affordable housing funding surplus (weird how the city still has a huge affordable housing issue). Free lunches have been around for a while they’ve just finally been funded for all SPS… For now… Until the funding is gone again.
😞 I didn’t know the situation was that precarious. Hopefully the affordable housing initiatives succeed.