New York
‘It’s Devastating’: NYC Schools Face Enormous Budget Cuts
Left Voice publishes an interview with a teacher at New York City’s MS 839, who has been organizing with his school community against the city’s school budget cuts.
Emma Lee
June 20, 2022Not the Courts, Not the State: All Out for Abortion Rights on May 14
Join Left Voice in the streets at the Socialist Feminist contingent in New York City as part of a national day of action in defense of abortion rights on Saturday, May 14 at 12pm EST.
Left Voice
May 11, 2022March for Abortion Rights: In New York, We Sang Our Rage Together
On May 3 in New York, hundreds of people moved from rage to action and took the streets for abortion rights, marching from Foley Square to Washington Square Park.
Madeleine Freeman
May 5, 2022We Won’t Go Back: All Out for Abortion Rights Everywhere Today
All across the country today people will be rallying to defend abortion rights. We must turn this anger into power by joining ranks with our unions and community organizations to shut down our cities and demand “Free, Safe Abortion on Demand For All Everywhere!” In New York, Left Voice will be joining thousands of other working people at Foley Square in Downtown Manhattan at 5pm.
Left Voice
May 3, 2022Capitalist Copaganda and the NYC Subway Shooting
Eric Adams, and the New York political establishment is trying to use the subway shooting to increase support for the police. Don’t buy into the copaganda.
Emma Lee
April 28, 2022New York Luxury Building Workers Rally and Authorize Strike
Luxury building workers and doormen from at least 3,000 buildings in New York City rallied on Wednesday and authorized a strike if they do not reach a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement.
Sou Mi
April 15, 2022Mayor Adams Courts Wealthy New Yorkers and Brutalizes the Unhoused
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is evicting unhoused people from their living spaces and cracking down on sheltering in subways. It’s part of his administration’s "law and order" politics and efforts to court the wealthy.
Olivia Wood
April 1, 2022Fordham Graduate Student Workers Unionize
Graduate students at Fordham University are paid more than $15,000 below what’s needed to pay for basic living expenses in New York City. Last week, they announced they are forming a union local of the Communication Workers of America (CWA). An anonymous adjunct instructor at Fordham writes about the importance of solidarity.
Left Voice
March 8, 2022New York’s Eviction Moratorium Ends Today. We Demand Free Public Housing For All
New York’s eviction moratorium expires today, and hundreds of thousands of households across the state are at risk of eviction. We cannot turn a blind eye to a single eviction, and we must demand rent cancellation and free public housing for all.
Emma Lee
January 15, 2022The Jewish Museum in New York Joins the Fight for a Unionized Art World
The workers of this prestigious and historic institution have petitioned the National Labor Relations Board for a union election.
Sarah Frankie Sigman
January 12, 2022