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Hochul bows to health-worker union's $12B senior-care power play that could bust NY's budget
Gov. Hochul’s overhaul of the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program reached a milestone last week when she named a Georgia-based company as the winning bidder to be the program’s statewide...
Firm rumored for possible $9 billion NY homecare contract has tricky past: critics
A firm reportedly set to try to take over as middleman for the state’s controversial, $9 billion home-care program has been the subject of at least one lawsuit, an audit...
Hochul needs to shut down this pricey home-health-care power grab
Gov. Hochul has rightly blasted a $9 billion home health-care program, calling it a “racket” that’s socked taxpayers.
How powerful nurses union is scheming to make bank off Hochul’s changes to NY $9B Medicaid program
One of New York's most powerful unions has been scheming to benefit from Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed changes to the state's allegedly fraud-ridden $9 billion home care Medicaid program, sources...
Two-faced on Israel war, 1199 SEIU rules Albany roost and other commentary
Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pa.) just got caught pandering to opposite sides on the Gaza war, reports the Free Beacon’s Chuck Ross.
The Biden courtier problem, don’t bow to the base and other commentary
For “the modern Presidency, the courtier game is probably an occupational hazard,” argues Arnold Kling at In My Tribe.
Defend your Medicaid and school-aid cuts, Gov. Hochul
The central conflict in this year's state budget negotiations is that Gov. Hochul wants to rein in the fastest-growing spending categories.
Powerful healthcare union benefitted from provision slipped into last year’s NY state budget -- home health worker agencies beg Hochul to undo it
Additional funding pumped from the state into QIVAPP has been keeping 1199’s struggling Home Health Worker Benefit Fund afloat.
Ultra-progressive 1199SEIU union bosses 'used n-word, groped staff and fired victims': lawsuits
Lawsuits reveal a catalog of claims including a vice president accused of groping and a supervisor who wanted black staff "caged."
SEIU 1199 refuses to put its money where its social-justice mouth is
The powerful union SEIU 1199 backs progressive causes but has recent under fire for refusing to honor its own ideals in investing the huge pile of cash it controls.
Sharpton says powerful 1199 SEIU must do better investing in minority-owned funds
Harlem civil rights leader Al Sharpton on Saturday called out one of the most powerful unions in New York for its failure to invest their assets in minority-run investment funds.
Ultra-progressive NY union blasted for 'hypocrisy and selling out members'
Service Employees Local Union 1199 SEIU is being accused of hypocrisy by refusing to invest in diverse businesses and of selling out underpaid workers.
Killing care-home reforms, EPA’s electric-vehicle insanity and other commentary
With union support, “nearly half of New York’s nursing homes would be effectively exempted from a two-year-old minimum spending law under terms of a rollback” passed last week, grumbles the...
Union leaders enlist NY Democrats in key budget fights with Gov. Kathy Hochul
The governor is fighting unions aligned with Democratic lawmakers over top issues like healthcare funding, charter schools and the minimum wage
Powerful union to back Carlina Rivera over Bill de Blasio for Congress
"It’s a huge get for Carlina Rivera. I has to be disappointing for the other candidates in the race – any of whom would've killed for the endorsement of a...
Union boss demands Rikers worker fixes in letter to mayor
The boss of a powerful city union demanded safety fixes for hundreds of doctors, nurses and other health care workers assigned to the city's jails. Staffing shortages and violent threats...
Hospitals workers union pushes for fat pay hikes amid COVID
Local 1199 of the Service Employees International Union is pushing for pay hikes amid the coronavirus pandemic — and threaten to strike, sources told The Post.
Maya Wiley rails against billionaires — despite big-bucks backing by George Soros
George Soros, the 90-year-old liberal kingmaker often criticized by Republicans and others for his outsize political influence, has ties to Wiley dating back to the 1990s.
Major health care workers union backs Maya Wiley for NYC mayor
New York's largest union representing health care workers endorsed Maya Wiley for mayor. The announcement of support Friday from 1199 of the Service Employees International Union provides a boost to...
Cuomo's pre-election payoff to a major union
Gov. Cuomo isn’t bothering to campaign publicly in the runup to Election Day, but he’s sure playing politics. His latest move: a giant, and fiscally reckless, giveaway to his friends...