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President Donald Trump fired two of the three Democratic commissioners of the federal agency that enforces civil rights law in the workplace, an unprecedented move aimed at implementing his crackdown on certain diversity and gender rights policies.

Even if the “pause” on disbursing the funds proves short, critical services covered by these funds still need to be provided around the clock all across the country.

Yeldell is among the millions of fast food workers across the U.S. scraping to get by. About two-thirds of them are women, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and many are supporting their families on minimum wages set at the federal government's floor of $7.25 an hour.

The Costco Teamsters National Master Agreement, which expires on Jan. 31, covers more than 18,000 workers nationwide.

Long Island, which once received 23% of DOT capital funding, now gets less than 10%. That dramatic cut has taken a toll, leaving our region’s infrastructure strained and in desperate need of repair.

ALBANY — Gov.