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The New York Steam Company began providing service in lower Manhattan on March 3, 1882. [2] The company merged with Consolidated Edison on March 8, 1954. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Today, Con Edison operates the largest commercial steam system in the world (larger than the next nine combined). [ 4 ]
The Human Resources Administration or Department of Social Services (HRA/DSS) is the department of the government of New York City [1] in charge of the majority of the city's social services programs.
Under a 1.3 billion dollar budget, it provides more than 1.1 billion US gallons (4,200,000 m 3) of water each day to more than 9 million residents (including 8 million in the City of New York) through a complex network of nineteen reservoirs, three controlled lakes and 6,000 miles (9,700 km) of water mains, tunnels and aqueducts.
Waterside Generating Station was a power station in Manhattan, New York City, that opened in 1901 and was one of the first power plants in the United States that generated electricity using steam turbines. Built by the New York Edison Company, the facility was located in the Murray Hill neighborhood on the east side of First Avenue between East ...
Service Employees International Union, Local 32BJ (often shortened to SEIU 32BJ, 32BJ SEIU or just 32BJ), is a branch of Service Employees International Union headquartered in New York City which mainly represents building workers (maintenance, custodial, janitorial, window cleaners) and has about 150,000 members in ten northeastern states, Washington, D.C., Florida and other parts of the ...
The Chinese Staff and Worker's Association (CSWA) (traditional Chinese: 華人職工會; simplified Chinese: 华人职工会; pinyin: Huárén Zhí Gōnghuì; Jyutping: Waa4jan4 Zik1 Gung1wui6) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan workers' rights organization based in New York City which educates and organizes workers in the United States so that they may improve their working conditions.
The local is new, by trades-union standards, having been formed in 2011 via a merger of three independent locals – Local 106 of Albany, New York, Local 545 of Syracuse, New York, and Local 832 of Rochester, New York. [26] Local 158, now comprising three united but semi-autonomous districts is led by Business Manager Jonathan Lanse, and based ...
722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York. JHU Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8054-4. "Interborough Rapid Transit Company Powerhouse" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. December 5, 2017. Interborough Rapid Transit: The New York Subway, Its Construction and Equipment. Interborough Rapid Transit Company ...