Employees at FreshDirect’s Plant Operations warehouse voted overwhelmingly against unionization over the weekend. Given options of joining either the United Food & Commercial Workers, the Teamsters, or no union at all, 80 percent of the employees voted “no union.” The vote comes in the midst of an ongoing labor crisis at the warehouse; over one hundred undocumented workers were forced out earlier this month as FreshDirect announced an imminent inspection by Immigration and Customs Enforcement [I.C.E.]. more ›

If a change in clothes doesn't help the Jets, what will? Despite looking snazzy in their New York Titans throwbacks, the Jets looked anything but sharp on the field in a 16-9 loss to the Eagles on Sunday. Some creative playcalling, including a reverse, got the Jets deep inside Eagles territory as the fourth quarter wound down, but Chad Pennington couldn't get the ball to Laveranues Coles on fourth-and-one fade. more ›

Plans for a water park on Randall's Island are on the verge of collapse as the developer granted a state concession to build the amusement complex missed its second deadline in seven months to secure financing. According to the Daily News, many East Harlem residents and park advocates were ecstatic at the project's possible failure. Tickets for the water park would have been priced at $37 a person and would result in a de facto reduction of public park space for those unable to afford admission. The neighborhoods closest to the proposed water park are the South Bronx and East Harlem. more ›

Telling us what most any subway rider suspected, City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. issued a review of the MTA's "State of Good Repair" capital expenditures and found that the MTA isn't very committed to making sure subway and bus service is in a "State of Good Repair." For instance, the MTA is 10-15 years behind making NYC Transit assets reach a State of Good Repair: 40% of lettered lines have 70 year old signals, which cause delays; many fan plants that are supposed to take out smoke in case of a fire won't be in Good Repair until 2028 (they were supposed to be fixed this year); and there is still lighting from the 1930s in some subway tunnels. more ›

And in Williamsburg, a van hit a 10 year old girl who was riding her bike at Scholes and Leonard Streets. The Post says Natasha Ayala had "darted out from behind a parked car when she was hit." She was taken to Bellevue; the van's driver stayed at the scene to help.
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"In 2004, what we had talked about was an impending crisis in affordable housing. Today, that crisis is here." more ›

easy to imagine the Mayor saying that in his somewhat whiny monotone.
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After being knocked silly immediately at the start of the game, quarterback Quincy Carter came through in the end (particularly on a 69-yard strike to Santana Moss) and even found redemption of sorts, writes the Times' William C. Rhoden. Then again, his team got ample help from the Cards, who seemed to be in a giving mood, with four turnovers in the fourth quarter. more ›