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New York Immigration Coalition staffers are hoping for voluntary recognition from management after forming NYIC United, the organization's first-ever union.

Steven Wishnia

7 posts

Pigeons, Collapsed Ceilings, and Mold: Daniel Ohebshalom's Tenants Are Still Living in Hell

Paying Rent

Pigeons, Collapsed Ceilings, and Mold: Daniel Ohebshalom's Tenants Are Still Living in Hell

Steven Wishnia

January 17, 2025

A diptych of the building where SIN Club used to exist at 272 East 3rd Street, and a flyer for a Default show at SIN Club.

Eternal City

An Oral History of SIN Club, The Coolest Venue on the Lower East Side for Six Months in 1983

Steven Wishnia

December 08, 2023

A view of the Penn South Mitchell-Lama apartments in Chelsea at twilight from the street.

Paying Rent

NYC’s Affordable ‘Social Housing’ Is Fading

Steven Wishnia

March 06, 2023

Plaster chunks atop a child's bed at 709 West 170th Street (courtesy of 709 West 170th Street Tenants Association)

Paying Rent

No Heat, Bathroom Mushrooms, Bees in the Wall: Life Under One of NYC’s Most ‘Egregiously Negligent’ Landlords

Steven Wishnia

January 13, 2023

Two baristas work behind the counter at Starbucks

Power

Surplus Labor Values

The Fight to Unionize Starbucks in NYC is Heating Up

Steven Wishnia

August 01, 2022

Tenants hold signs that say "stop increasing our rents" during the RGB vote on Tuesday night.

Paying Rent

Rents Will Go Up for 1 Million NYC Tenants: ‘This Mayor Is Not Doing Us Any Favors’

Steven Wishnia

June 22, 2022

Those Mom & Pop Weed Bodegas May Be Doomed

The State of New York

High Life

Those Mom & Pop Weed Bodegas May Be Doomed

Steven Wishnia

May 25, 2022