Josefa Velasquez

Sep 14, 2023 | gothamist.com | Rajath Vikram |Josefa Velasquez |Sean Carlson

A court battle is underway to determine if a New York state ethics panel is in fact ethical. A judge in Albany recently ruled that the state's newly formed ethics board is actually unconstitutional. It's also not the first time a governor created an ethics oversight panel in the wake of a scandal. Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, joined WNYC’s Sean Carlson on "All Things Considered" on Thursday to talk about where the story is going.

Sep 1, 2023 | gothamist.com | Elizabeth Shwe |Josefa Velasquez

A potential strike among New York City school bus drivers is on pause for now, a top union leader told Gothamist Friday evening. Tomas Fret, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181 — which represents around half of the city's public school bus drivers — said conversations between the union and bus companies remain ongoing, but a strike during the first couple of weeks of schools is being put on hold.

Jun 13, 2023 | dialnet.unirioja.es | Josefa Velasquez

May 31, 2023 | gothamist.com | Samantha Max |Josefa Velasquez