The Associated PressJan 1, 2018
Sen. Bernie Sanders administers the oath of office in an outdoor ceremony held in freezing weather at City Hall Park. De Blasio declares that the "deepest, truest stakeholders of this town" are the working people. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 20, 2016
Despite the heated campaigning in advance of Tuesday's delegate-rich New York presidential primary, Democrat Clinton and Republican Trump broke the recent pattern in which each lost a string of states and therefore delegates. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigJan 12, 2016
Crime in the schools has dropped sharply, but New York still requires students at more than 200 schools to take off their shoes and send their belongings through X-ray machines. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 31, 2015
City regulators haven’t enforced a 2007 law that requires doormen, janitors and other service workers at taxpayer-subsidized apartment buildings to be paid wages comparable to union rates. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigJul 23, 2015
Fast-food workers throughout the state won a hard-fought and important victory Wednesday: a $15 minimum wage. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigApr 6, 2015
An anonymous group worked in secret to place a 100-pound tribute to the whistleblower in Fort Greene Park. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 30, 2014
Threats seem to expose a political plot against the NYC mayor and the BlackLivesMatter movement. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigOct 29, 2014
In this video titled "10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman," we get to bear witness to what it's like for a young woman to get from A to B, and why sometimes a compliment feels like harassment. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJul 29, 2014
The "Colbert Report's" super-wealthy host explains why a New York building with a "poor door" for its less well-off residents makes total sense. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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