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"No contract, no coffee!" came the loud chant of about 15 picketers as part of an effort to reinvigorate negotiations between the Starbucks Workers United labor union and the Seattle-based company that have yet to yield a labor deal.

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Parents on Long Island, regardless of income levels, often find covering the cost of child care difficult, and few options to help with the costs, local experts said.

The Scaffold Safety Law is a lifeline for workers who risk their lives on the job. Here in New York, and across the country, insurers are pushing policies that boost their profits and leave taxpayers to foot the bill.

Work on the  Northern State will see the state Department of Transportation renew about 50 lane miles of asphalt in a section between Exit 33, the Wantagh State Parkway in Westbury, and the New York Avenue overpass in Melville.

The White House budget office is instructing federal agencies to prepare reduction-in-force plans for mass firings during a possible government shutdown, specifically targeting employees who work for programs that are not legally required to continue.

This month, Long Island achieved an important victory: ensuring that critical projects including addressing the terrible Oakdale Merge and the interchange of the Southern State and Meadowbrook Parkways were included in the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council's Transportation Improvement