Laborers Fight Back

"On a recent weekday, apprentices and longtime union Local 79 members took construction certification classes at the Mason Tenders training center in Long Island City." Laborers Local 79 - New York City

The Look Book Goes to Construction School Apprentices and longtime union Local 79 members took certification classes at the Mason Tenders training center in Long Island City.

"Building maintenance and construction workers with the Local 79 and SEIU-32BJ unions have supported the project, arguing it would bring good jobs and much-needed affordable housing to the already gentrified neighborhood"

Monitor Point: Reynoso’s a Yes BY COLE SINANIAN [email protected] This is part of a series on the Monitor Point development. Read our previous coverage here and here. A controversial plan to build three mixed-use towers, new open space, and a museum on the Greenpoint waterfront has earned the Borough President’s support. In...