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New York Needs its Hometown paper
When the Brooklyn Dodgers won the pennant, you heard it from us.
When the Yankees won the pennant, you heard it from us.
When the Mets won the pennant, you heard it from us.
When President Ford told the city to drop dead, you heard it from us.
When the city went dark, you heard it from us.
When Son of Sam stalked the streets, you heard it from us.
When Sandy soaked the city, you heard it from us.
When New York was attacked, you heard it from us.
We are the unionized reporters, editors and photographers of the New York Daily News. For 106 years, we've covered this town. We've stood up to mayors, crooked cops, landlords and presidents. We've stood up for first responders, for immigrants, for straphangers, tenants, city workers, and everyday New Yorkers just like us.
Since 2021, we've been owned by Alden Global Capital, an odious private equity firm that's more than earned its nickname: "the destroyer of newspapers."
Alden bigs have made out like bandits, closing our newsroom and selling off our printing plant for over $90 million. Meanwhile, management can't be bothered to hire a metro editor, a politics editor, an Albany reporter, a housing reporter, or a Queens or Bronx courthouse reporter.
We cover the city with just 53 full-timers, and 25 of us make less than $69,284 a year, MIT's estimate for a living wage in Gotham.
We have no metro editor, no politics editor, and no enterprise editor. Veteran staffers are in their 15th year without a raise, and more recent hires are earning less than when they walked in the door. We’re left to cover the city we love with two hands tied behind our back.
We’re fighting for our first contract since unionizing in 2021. We’ve been at the table for more than three years.
Stand with us. Defend the Daily News.
Support your local journalists.
Stand with us for a stronger
Daily News.
Your support helps us ensure the future of the Daily News and our ability to continue providing the award-winning stories you expect. Help us make our voice heard!
Why we did it
“The Daily News union stands to benefit our staff, our readers and the city we all love. A strong Daily News means a strong New York, and we unionized because the talented reporters and editors that make up this wonderful newspaper deserve job security, representation and better resources to serve the people of New York.”
— Chris Sommerfeldt, Politics Reporter
"I want to work in an equitable newsroom and be protected during this unprecedented time and in the future."
— David Matthews, Reporter
“For more than a century the Daily News has reported on people, places and things that are important to New Yorkers and beyond. We can only continue to be a hometown paper with national appeal by supporting the workers whose talents and sensibilities make us one.”
— Brian Niemietz, National News Reporter
”Delivering the news with care and accuracy, and, in turn, helping to make and keep people aware of their surroundings is one of the great honors of this profession. Doing so for the greatest city in the world is an indescribable privilege — one which this union will help to ensure we can keep doing and most importantly, keep doing well.”
— Jami Ganz, National News Reporter
"Journalism is a public service, and a robust press is a cornerstone of democracy. Keeping intact our ability to inform the public and tell people's stories is essential."
— Theresa Braine, National News Reporter
“I look at it (the union) like a fire extinguisher: Break glass in case of emergency. We all need one of those lying around in case things go sideways - and just as importantly, before they do. The union can also serve as a conduit and an advocate to help staffers hesitant to raise issues on their own.”
— Graham Rayman, Criminal Justice and Policing Reporter