Daily News Staffers Walkout + Board of Elections May Fine DSA Committee
No. 359 | Monday, January 29, 2024
The NYC Thorn is a weekly roundup of local political news compiled by members of NYC-DSA.
Local News
New York Daily News staffers staged a 24-hour walkout on January 25 as they negotiate with Alden Global Capital, the hedge fund that now owns the paper.
The City Council's Progressive Caucus made some changes to its leadership team, elevating Council Member Sandy Nurse (District 37, Bushwick) to cochair along with Council Member Shahana Hanif (District 39, Park Slope).
Mayor Eric Adams's cuts to public schools are leading to changes to cafeteria menus in City schools.
After a settlement by a Manhattan Federal Judge on Monday, City housing lotteries will end their “community preference” policy and no longer set aside 50 percent of available units for residents of a development’s neighborhood.
Rowan Wilson, the new Chief Judge on New York's Court of Appeals, may increase the odds that criminal defendants will have their appeals heard by the state's top court.
Former Queens Council Member Paul Vallone (District 19, Bayside) passed away on January 27.
The Department of Justice concluded that former Governor Andrew Cuomo created a "sexually hostile work environment" as part of its settlement with the office of Governor Kathy Hochul.
Mayor Adams called for the construction of an ornamental archway in Manhattan’s Chinatown, calling attention to his failed attempt to fundraise for a similar one in Brooklyn's Chinatown while he was Brooklyn Borough President.
Election News
A watchdog from the State Board of Elections has asked a court in Albany to enforce over $300,000 in fines against a Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) political campaign committee for allegedly failing to file the authorizations required to fundraise and spend money on behalf of the DSA slate of candidates in the 2022 election cycle.
A primary challenger has filed to run against Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani (District 36, Astoria).
City Limits interviewed DSA-endorsed Assembly candidate Eon Huntley for District 56 (Bedford-Stuyvesant) about housing policy.
Scandal-plagued Assembly Member Juan Ardila (District 37, Maspeth) trails both of his challengers in fundraising, including Claire Valdez, who leads the field.
George Latimer, the Westchester County Executive challenging Jamaal Bowman in the Democratic primary for New York's 16th congressional district (Mount Vernon, White Plains, has netted endorsements from American Israel Public Affairs Committee and other suburban electeds. Bowman has been re-endorsed by the Working Families Party, Make the Road Action, Justice Democrats, and Jews for Racial and Economic Justice.
The NYC Local
We're excited to say that Alex Chan, David Kim, and David Turner have revived our chapter's labor newsletter, The Local. It arrives every other week with a focus on labor organizing, bargaining, and local legislation that impacts NYC's workers. Give them a follow and thoughts about what you'd like to see from a socialist labor newsletter.
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