Crystal Lewis
Reporter at The Chief Leader
Bubble tea addict; shojo manga enthusiast. Reporting on labor at The Chief newspaper. Former @romper, former @Womens_eNews. Tweets are my opinions.
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6 days ago |
thechiefleader.com | Crystal Lewis
Ex-NYCHA super gets 18 months in prison for accepting bribesBY CRYSTAL LEWISPosted 5/16/25 A former superintendent at the city Housing Authority has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for demanding $30,000 in bribes in exchange for granting $400,000 in contracts. Hector Colon, 47, who worked as a superintendent at several NYCHA developments across Manhattan, was sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman and ordered to pay $30,000 in restitution.
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1 week ago |
thechiefleader.com | Crystal Lewis
Posted 5/9/25 George Gresham, the long-serving president of the Service Employees International Union Local 1199, has been ousted. Gresham, who has led the country’s largest health-care union since 2007, was soundly defeated by challenger Yvonne Armstrong in balloting that concluded last week. More than 38,000 members of the union cast ballots.
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1 week ago |
thechiefleader.com | Crystal Lewis
Posted 5/9/25 The Adams administration on Monday announced a pilot initiative that will help city employees enroll in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, a federal program that clears outstanding balances on some student loans for employees of government or not-for-profit organizations.
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1 week ago |
thechiefleader.com | Crystal Lewis
Posted 5/9/25 More than 2,000 workers will receive $4 million in restitution from four businesses, among them Halal Guys and Petco, that violated city statutes protecting employees. The city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection found that Chaac Pizza Northeast, LLC, a franchisee of Pizza Hut, failed to provide schedules at least 14 days in advance in accordance with the Fair Workweek Law.
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2 weeks ago |
thechiefleader.com | Crystal Lewis
Elie William, a 45-year electrician’s assistant working on a renovation project at the Waldorf Astoria, was the first worker to die in New York City this year. The construction worker fell 40 feet through a drywall ceiling from a suspended catwalk Jan. 2. Labor advocates, elected officials and workers gathered Monday near the Park Avenue hotel where William died to commemorate Workers Memorial Day, the annual event honoring those who died on the job in the past year.
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Foods that taste bland as hell to me that everyone else swears is great/has a super strong flavor: -Chick-fil-A. The chicken sandwich, the waffle fries: it's all flavorless. -Watermelon: has a mild flavor but nothing to go crazy over. -Truffle. It *smells* strong but it's bland.
Fine jewelry. I never got into costume jewelry because I wore 14K hoop earrings and sterling silver gemstone bracelets as a kid.
What’s one product you bought that turned you into a total snob, and now you can never go back to the cheap stuff?
One of the employees at the Newbury Comics in Staten Island is clearly a shojo/josei manga fan: https://t.co/ZA8G128F4g
