Topic: Working Families Party
A coalition of influential interest groups is quietly shopping a new plan to revive the idea of congestion pricing for some Manhattan travel.. . A...
Here's what a brazenly cynical politician does when all the newspapers - including this one - turn thumbs down on endorsing him. He fabricates a...
Grassroots rising in Brooklyn." That's how Andrew Friedman, of Make the Road NY characterizes Jesús González's bid to replace former Assemblyman...
It's increasingly obvious that the Working Families Party has broken its word to Gov. Cuomo and to New York voters.. . The labor-backed party's...
Congestion pricing is back!. . Politicians are quietly resurrecting plans to charge drivers up to $10 to enter lower Manhattan on weekdays.....
Council Speaker Christine Quinn is shelving a plan to require private employers provide paid sick leave to their workers - rebuffing the...
Electoral strategy Like other minor parties in the state, the WFP benefits from New York's electoral fusion laws that allow cross-endorsement of a single candidate by multiple parties. This allows sympathetic voters to support a minor party without feeling like they ...
The Working Families Party was first formed in 1998 in New York by a coalition of labor unions, community organizations and political activist groups that were dissatisfied with the ability of the two-party system to represent their views. Although the party occasionally ...
The article discusses the 2008 U.S. presidential election and the ability of New York State voters to vote for both U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama and for the Working Families Party (WFP) ballot line which will create a higher state ...
Like the man says, " " Unless the State Legislature intervenes, on May 31, facing a more than $1.8 billion budget gap for 2009, the MTA will hike the base fare for NYC's subways and buses to $2.50. This time around ...
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Ep25: The CT Working Families Party
Stream of Conscience welcomes Jon Green and Lindsay Farrell of ...2011-12-02
