Uptown knows how to throw a great party, so it’s no surprise I had an incredible time at Northern Manhattan Democrats for Change’s holiday celebration with Rep. Adriano Espaillat and other friends!

When women lead, New York moves. Thank you to The New Majority NYC for the work you do to empower and push forward women leaders! Before a torch is passed, someone has to light it. Thank you to trailblazers like Speakers Adrienne E. Adams, Christine Quinn, Melissa Mark-Viverito, AG Tish James,

A crucial element of this contract fight is that the Chairman of Akron Metro RTA is a leading Ohio Democrat , Mark Derrig , who is also Chair of Summit County Dems. Derrig is sticking it 300 TWU Transit Workers, in TWU Local 1, with no wage increase in 2.5 yrs, and

Private Bus Lines/MTA Bus/School Bus VP Danny D’Amato and Section Chair Mary Pryce appeared on CBS News to talk about the abysmal conditions school bus drivers and monitors in Greenwich, CT are working under. Our members deserve better, and we will keep pushing for a proper base

Neal Parikh Governor Kathy Hochul TWU Thank you !! What a testament you are to the power of workers joined together in a union . You are wonderfully and coherently affirming the power of the TWU . Imagine that , organized transit workers holding back AI Bros , academics and neo-liberal beancounters who want to

Daniel Trubman Matthew Yglesias TWU Local 100 Nothing has made TWU more skeptical about the future viability of Democrats with working Americans then the thought of you and your Reaganomics loving Abundance Bros being Democrats . That is downright scary. And the continuance of the 2-person train crew is not

Two consecutive mayors aligned themselves with special interests & developers, tried to ban horse-drawn carriages & kill a couple of hundred union jobs, and failed. TWU Local 100’s immigrant Carriage Drivers deserve support and respect. ⁦New York City Council documentedny.com/2025/12/24/ryd…

A New Year’s message from President John V. Chiarello began airing today on 1010 WINS. Millions of people will rely on public transit to get to and from their New Year’s Eve gatherings safely, and ridership is at its highest since the pandemic—also courtesy of our members.

Child care costs are squeezing working families across New York City. Public investment has to match the reality parents are living with. I’m glad this is a top priority for the incoming administration and look forward to working with my Council colleagues to improve the system

Another NYCLASS lie. Carriage horse owners didn’t illegally refuse to have their horses’ blood tested or trotted indoors by a vet that carriage drivers believe to be biased. The Health Department told owners they could decline, and said the city couldn’t guarantee chain of

Kathy Hochul vetoes bill that would require two-person subway crews foxbusiness.com/video/63871035… #FoxBusiness

NYC Councilman James Gennaro: Defending New York’s Horse Carriage Tradition (6 min) wabcradio.com/episode/nyc-co…

Thousands at the TWU Local 100 Mass Membership meeting. Intl. Sec-Treas. Lafragola pledged the International’s full support in the impending contract fight vs ⁦MTA⁩ “We’re going to be there step by step, shoulder to shoulder with you, making sure you get what you deserve.”

We will not tolerate union-busting tactics by ACI Herzog JV, the corporations @NJTransit hired to manage Hudson-Bergen Light Rail. NJ TRANSIT_HBLR  @Herrzogcompanies and ACI presidents Perry and O’Leary: You will respect our contract! John Samuelsen nj.com/news/2026/01/n…

The TWU is gearing up for a massive fight with MTA and Governor Kathy Hochul as we approach our TWU Local 100 NYC Transit Workers’ contract expiration on May 15th. TWU fully expects Hochul & MTA CEO Janno Lieber to demand lowball wage and concessions (OPTO, Part-Timers,

.Governor Kathy Hochul is scabbing the NYSNA strike. Last year Hochul attacked striking NYC Correction officers, and fired 2000 of them. She then proceeded to send the National Guard into the jails, costing taxpayers One Billion Dollars, essentially acknowledging that the COs were

TWU Local 100’s first Black President was Willie James, who served four years’ military service in the Air Force and a brief stint as a New York City Police Officer before joining transit as a Bus Operator in 1967. He would drive a bus for 30 years. As a union activist, he held

This week, Mark Zuckerberg testified in a landmark trial which questions whether platforms including Instagram and YouTube deliberately addict and harm children. Josh Robin is joined by Alex Cohen to take a closer look on “The Big Deal.” specne.ws/ivMCEf

“Local 100 has a distinguished place in the civil rights movement; there’s a tremendous tie to Dr. King. At times like this, I think that it's important that we don't do anything other than what we've always done — in fact, that we double down on it. Because there there are