Herman Boone, coach portrayed in ‘Titans,’ dies

voted unanimously on Wednesday to authorize a strike if no agreement is made by midnight on Dec. 31, when their current contract expires.

A strike would affect roughly 1,300 commercial buildings where an estimated 1.45 million New Yorkers work and shop, according to 32BJ SEIU, including the Empire State Building, 30 Rock and World Trade Center buildings in lower Manhattan.

The cleaners want a four-year contract that increases pay and job protections, as well as protects their health and retirement benefits.

“The work we do to make sure that New York’s commercial buildings are clean and ready for business is an important part of why so many businesses want to have offices in New York,” Ena Softley, a cleaner at 3 Times Square and 32BJ member for 32 years, said in a statement. “We just want our fair share of the value we create for building owners, so we can continue to raise our families in New York, and make our communities better.”

The Realty Advisory Board didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking comment.

Herman Boone, the titlewinning, tough-as-nails Virginia high school football coach, portrayed by Denzel Washington in the 2000 biopic “Remember the Titans,” died Wednesday. He was 84.

No cause of death was revealed, Washingtonarea radio station WPGC reported.

Boone (photo) assumed the football head coach position at Virginia’s T.C. Williams High School in 1971 — the year the city of Alexandria’s high schools were integrated, according to USA Today.

“It is with great sadness that we share the sad news of the passing of former head football coach Herman Boone,” wrote the T.C. Williams High School Football Boosters in a tweet.

During his first year at the helm, the Titans amassed a perfect 13-0 record en route to a state championship.

“We are truly saddened to hear of the death of Coach Herman Boone today,” stated the Alexandria City Public Schools in a Twitter post. “[The district] and [high school] community will never forget his contribution to bringing our city together postsegregation.”

Boone was fired in 1979 amid allegations of verbally and physically abusing his players, reported The Washington Post. The previous year, three of Boone’s assistant coaches threatened to step down unless Boone was removed as head coach.

One of those coaches, Bill Yoast — portrayed by Will Patton in “Remember the Titans” — who assisted Boone during the 1971 championship season, died in May at the age of 94.

Boone was born in Rocky Mount, N.C., in 1935 and later graduated from North Carolina Central University before coaching the Titans.