Leaders of the city's largest labor organizations, representing more than one million New Yorkers, are sending letters to City Council members in support of KARA's demand that the development of the Kingsbridge Armory include living wage jobs for anyone working there. “It is time for New York City to move beyond a failed economic development model that promotes low-wage work,” wrote leaders in one letter. Read more from the Labor Leaders Letter.

KARA Member Organizations:

Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union
Bronx Board of Business Agents
Service Employees International Union Local 32 BJ
United Federation of Teachers
St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church
Our Lady of Angels Church
St. James Church; Light of Consolation Church
Fordham Evangelical Lutheran Church
Fordham Manor Church
Cosmopolitan Church
Fordham United Methodist Church
New Day United Methodist Church
New Life Outreach International Church
Kingsbridge Heights Community Center
Kingsbridge Heights Neighborhood Improvement Association
NFAMAS
Mosholu Preservation Corporation
Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation
Wildcards Sports Program
Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation
Sustainable South Bronx
Nos Quedamos
Urban Agenda
NYCOSH
For A Better Bronx
New York Jewish Labor Committee/United Hebrew Trades

KARA has been endorsed by the following elected leaders:

Richard Trumka, President, AFL-CIO (read "Trumka Weighs-In For Responsible Development")
Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr.
Congressman Jose E. Serrano
Assemblyman Jose Rivera
State Senator Pedro Espada
Assemblyman Nelson Castro
Council Member Maria Baez (read letter of support)
Council Member G. Oliver Koppell (constituents call on Koppell to fight for living wage)
Council Member Joel Rivera
Council Member Helen D. Foster
Council Member Annabel Palma
Council Member Maria del Carmen Arroyo
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum

KARA has been endorsed by the following community groups outside of the Bronx:
(read letter of support)

Let Justice Roll
Brooklyn Congregations United
CAAAV
Community Voices Heard
Cooper Square Committee
Cypress Hills LDC
Fifth Avenue Committee, Inc.
Good Old Lower East Side, Inc.
FUREE
Los Sures
Make the Road New York
Mothers on the Move
New York City Aids Housing Network
NY Jobs with Justice
Pratt Area Community Council
Queens Community House
Two Bridges Neighborhood Council