Cynthia Nixon

Cynthia Nixon

• NYC Council OKs sick days plan, seen as key step

  In a significant victory amid a push for paid sick time laws around the country, city lawmakers voted Wednesday to make businesses provide the benefit ... 

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  NYC deal is key in sick days push, advocates say

  Hundreds of thousands of workers in New York City are poised to get paid sick days in what may prove a pivotal moment in a national debate over ... 

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  NYC's landmark Grand Central Terminal turns 100

  Grand Central station, once in danger of being demolished, is celebrating its 100th birthday with speeches, a brass band and a rollback to 1913 prices ... 

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  Flu season fuels debate over paid sick time laws

  Sniffling, groggy and afraid she had caught the flu, Diana Zavala dragged herself in to work anyway for a day she felt she couldn't afford to miss.