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Gender pay gap no closer to narrowing FREE

New York may be the state with the third-lowest gender wage gap, but women still earn just 88 cents for every dollar earned by men, advocates emphasized at a rally spotlighting Equal Pay Day. Mayor …
Nurses at Staten Island University Hospital say they’re sick of being asked to take on several roles at once because of persistent understaffing, and have voted in favor of going on strike, the New …
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Workers who support New York City’s community composting ecosystem rallied on the steps of City Hall Thursday to call on Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council to fully fund the eight nonprofits …
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A security company must pay more than $57,000 in back wages, interest and penalties for failing to provide armed security guards working at the Staten Island Ferry terminal with benefits as required …
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Members of the FDNY’s emergency medical services bureau and their unions have been given the green light to pursue a class-action lawsuit against New York City and the fire department over claims …
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District Council 37 retirees have called the decision by the international union to place their association under administratorship a “scam,” insisting that the group’s resistance to a planned …
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Members of the FDNY’s emergency medical services bureau and their unions have been given the green light to pursue a class-action lawsuit against New York City and the fire department over claims …
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A month after a report concluded the city’s housing vacancy rate had dropped to a historic low, the Adams administration announced it would partner with a construction union and a real estate firm …
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Man gets 6 months in jail for bid-rigging scheme
The accomplice of a mob-connected head of a construction firm has been sentenced to six months in jail for his role in a bid-rigging and bribery scheme that got the company drywall and carpentry work …
NYPD targeting critics on social media. That brings its own set of worries FREE
The first "NYPD: Most Wanted" video was meant to be intimidating. Over a pounding soundtrack, the montage cuts among stock images and body-camera footage of actual police raids. A fake gun …
FDNY will not investigate firefighters who booed James
When FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh took the stage at an FDNY promotional ceremony at the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn in February 2023, she was met with a chorus of boos from the …
New School, student workers settle strike
The union representing student academic workers at The New School and university officials have reached a contract agreement.  Local 7902 of the United Auto Workers announced last week that it …
Nonprofit human services workers push for parity FREE
Nonprofit organizations and elected officials rallied in Albany Monday to push for legislation that would enact a higher cost-of-living adjustment for human services workers and also establish a wage …
Contractor on an MTA project must repay stolen wages
A construction subcontractor has been prohibited from bidding on city contracts for five years and must pay over $69,000 in unpaid wages, penalties and interest after the company falsely reported …
Following the carceral cash, sometimes to shady places FREE
The last of a three-part sweeping Associated Press investigation into prison labor. The business of prison labor is so vast and convoluted that tracing the money can be challenging. Some …
PBA appeals approval of protest settlement
The city’s largest police union remains convinced that it should have a say in how the NYPD responds to protests.  The Police Benevolent Association said Wednesday that it is appealing a …
Union, MTA at odds over slowdown after conductor's slashing FREE
The head of TWU Local 100 deflected accusations that the union encouraged an illegal work stoppage following a brutal early morning slashing of a subway conductor in Brooklyn last week.  …
City, unions cultivate clean energy effort to power jobs
Built nearly 10 years ago, P.S. 62 in Staten Island’s Rossville neighborhood is still ahead of its time. City Council members want others to catch up.  Also known as the Kathleen Grimm School …
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Letters to the Editor
To the editor: It's mind-boggling that the FDNY emergency medical technicians and medics and their unions have been pushed to file suit to get what they deserve following the decades-long inaction of …
To the editor: On March 9, Donald Trump held another unhinged rally in Rome, Georgia. Speaking to his throng, he told them that law enforcement is being weaponized against “Joe Biden’s top and …
To the editor: A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals made the obvious ruling, that a president is not immune from prosecution for crimes committed while he was in office. After all, if a …
To the editor: New York has extremes of income and wealth. The Economic Policy Institute, using the latest data from 2022, found that our state has the greatest concentration of wealth in the country …
To the editor: The Council of Municipal Retiree Organizations (COMRO) opposes AFSCME taking control of the DC 37 Retirees Association. We regret that AFSCME's national leadership took this extreme …
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Where's the beef? FREE

Trial balloons serve a purpose, especially when they're shot down. They give policy strategists in government and private industry a preemptive leg up on public and consumer outrage, which helps them …

Hochul’s ludicrous subway mission FREE

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has ordered the immediate deployment of the National Guard troops and State Police troopers into the subway system to reduce crime. Apparently, she did not check with …
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ICE melt FREE

  Is it collaboration or collusion? Such bad blood between near synonyms. Words that mean almost the same things, according to a dictionary, may seem to have mutated when encountered in a …
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Tax Strategies

How to avoid tax-time errors on returns FREE

Mistakes on tax returns mean they take longer to process, which in turn, may cause your refund to arrive later. The IRS cautions against these common errors so your refund is timely: 1) Incorrect and …

How we protect you from misleading communications FREE

Social Security works with the Office of the Inspector General to protect people from scams that use Social Security as bait. Section 1140 of the Social Security Act allows OIG to impose severe …
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How your Social Security benefits are taxed FREE

The Social Security benefits you received in 2023 may be taxable. Each January, you should receive a Form SSA-1099 (Social Security Benefit Statement) which will show the total amount of your …
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