“Time to catalog and get serious in pushing for specific measures City Government can take to put pressure on the rich AMCs... Zoning, review of not for profit status requirements (spending, board of trustees membership and decisionmaking), worker rights based on city law...

With Hochul expediting scab nurses and no actual financial/legal pressure on management NYSNA has limited leverage, and strike has exposed ever more the venality of some of the decisions and decisionmakers, especially the wall street plutocrats who control the boards of trustees with the CEOs just being the public face.”

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Scott Galloway’s organized effort to change this narrative by boycotting companies that support and profit from ICE”

“It’s politically depressing that Mayor Mamdani has chosen to align with Gov. Hochul against Lt. Gov. Delgado. He should be ashamed of himself.

Hochul’s record includes opposing legislation to repeal the Stock Transfer Tax Rebate (STTR) which leading economists and tax experts now say would recoup no less than $40 to $75 billion in extra revenues annually to address the most crucial needs of 20 million New Yorkers. Ending the STTR alone would substantially address the homeless crisis and put the biggest dent in economic poverty effecting millions of New Yorkers for decades to come.

Hochul also opposes legislation to pass the New York Health Act which would provide quality health coverage for all New Yorkers. This aligns with Sen. Bernie Sanders’ efforts to provide single payer health care coverage for all Americans.

According to Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman, Hochul turned her back on 15,000 striking New York nurses after raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars from hospital CEOs and PACs. “She waived nursing license requirements to bring in out-of-state replacements instead of standing with frontline nurses fighting for safe staffing and patient care.”

Hochul chooses a running mate, Adrienne Adams, who for years as City Council speaker prevented justice for home care workers over the issue of grand theft of millions of dollars of their wages, and stymied passage of legislation to prevent Council Member Chris Marte’s “No More 24” bill which this article explains “has never seen the light of day despite widespread support because former City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams consistently opposed it and kept it suppressed.”

Compare Hochul’s and Adams’ record with that of Delgado. He fully supports legislation aimed at ending the STTR and thus restoring the miniscule one-tenth of 1% stock sales tax to advance the wellbeing of all New Yorkers. Likewise he supports passage of the New York Health Act to provide guaranteed quality health care.

He has joined picket lines and made strong statements in support of striking nurses.

An AI search states, “In 2025, New York Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado emerged as a vocal supporter of home health care workers, specifically challenging the Hochul administration over payroll issues within the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP). Delgado has actively supported the labor rights, wages, and working conditions of these workers, often framing it as a contrast to Governor Kathy Hochul’s policies.”

“I agree with Ray Rogers. Health care workers died by the thousands during COVID to protect New Yorkers. They deserve much better conditions and wages.”

“Avanti popolo alla riscossa!
La bandiera rossa trionferà!”

“Grateful to read about support for workers…but when will city hall support nyc municipal retirees ….workers too (though former) with the same sort of concern ….for the healthcare that sustains their lives in their senior years.”

“Any one of us is Alex!”

“Great article, Steve! Really connects the dots. And I’m proud (as a former ACTWU& UNITE organizer to see its successor unionists following in our footsteps of organizing immigrant workers, the best anti-poverty / pro-worker program that exists! (And one that raises ALL boats, “native”-born and immigrant alike.”

“And what are the demands of this so called general strike? Vote for the Democrats in the mid term? Sounds fake.”

“Great article, Steve!”

“It is impressive to see Nurses daring to take this stand both for their own protection and for additional staffing so they can properly take care of their patients. Part of the work they do is to provide emotional support as well as medical care. It is impossible to do that properly if they are fearful because of adequate safety protections.
Additionally, they deserve full medical coverage if they get sick. When I started nursing 23 years ago, I was shocked that the Nurses I worked with were worried about their own health care coverage. That is totally unfair!”

“Thank you City Councilmember Chris Marte and Joe Maniscalco for giving these abused workers a voice. It’s hard to imagine what it’s like to give daily care to a disabled senior - yet not get paid for the hours most of us are permitted to get some uninterrupted sleep. In reasonable jobs “being on call” has never been for free. Yet Hochul insists on blocking their wage theft probe, despite two judges ruling their investigation continue? Haven’t we seen enough lawmakers using their power to quash the truth?! Do what’s right Governor Hochul!! We are watching!!”

“Terrific coverage of the protest!”

“Good conversation!”

“Thank you, Steve, for doing the good work to show what is happening in our shared world. You paint a picture that makes the heart ache and the mind recoil; it is horrifying, and the people will not stand silent.”

“The fact that NYCRETIREES are afraid and anxious about loosing traditional healthcare that they earned is true but not the point. The point is that it is the syndicats-unions who are trying and so far losing to take it away!”

“And how about all the money these hospitals have in off shore investments? Non-profits? Hardly. In a capitalist system they all behave like capitalist bosses.”

“Nothing quite like the facts of the matter.
And the people determined to stand up for them!”