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Jul 7, 2021	Statement from Executive Director Henry Garrido on the latest BOE results
Jun 30, 2021	Statement from Executive Director Henry Garrido on the City’s decision not to offer an Early Retirement Incentive
Jun 23, 2021	Statement from Executive Director Henry Garrido on Primary Election results
Jun 18, 2021	In final days of voting, District Council 37 uses independent expenditure to target Spanish speaking voters
Jun 11, 2021	New York City’s most powerful unions come together to push for Eric Adams in new op-ed
Jun 3, 2021	Henry Garrido and Councilmember Brannan call on Mayor De Blasio and City Council to fund 100,000 green jobs
May 13, 2021	District Council 37 and the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies announce expanded partnership to educate union members.
Apr 24, 2021	District Council 37 calls on Mayor De Blasio and City Council to fund 100,000 good, green jobs over the next three years
Apr 19, 2021	District Council 37 Executive Director Henry Garrido and 32BJ President Kyle Bragg pen op-ed on skyrocketing hospital costs
Apr 7, 2021	Statement from Executive Director Henry Garrido on inclusion of early retirement incentive in state budget

Schumer and L. 420’s Charles say: FEMA pay H+H $860M for COVID NOW! July 28, 2021
BY DIANE S. WILLIAMS In July, DC 37 leaders stood with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. Congress member Ritchie Torres at Lincoln Hospital to demand $860 million in emergency reimbursements that FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, owes New York City Health + Hospitals. As New York City quickly became the epicenter of […]
Women Moving Forward: Union’s Leadership Academy Class Graduates July 26, 2021
By MIKE LEE The Lillian Roberts Women’s Leadership Academy graduated its third cohort on June 19. The LRWLA, normally an in-person, six-month program that requires participants to dedicate a full Saturday, once a month for the duration of the program, was held virtually due to COVID. Claire Menelas, Assistant Director of the DC 37 Ed […]
DOT Highway Repairers Help Staten Island Driver in Fatal Crash July 16, 2021
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS Two fast-acting DOT workers helped rescue a driver from a burning SUV in a fatal crash July 10, on the Staten Island Expressway. The Department of Transportation crew was making road repairs Saturday around 8:30 a.m. on the Brooklyn-bound highway leading to the Verrazano Bridge. “The SUV was traveling in the […]
Local 983 Enrolls 1K+ New Parks CSAs July 16, 2021
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS Local 983 is working around the clock to build union membership in a massive campaign to enroll 1,500 new City Seasonal Aides. The Parks Department hired the CSAs to clean up public parks across the five boroughs. “Our grievance reps are working 15-hour days in order to get these newest Parks […]

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