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FDNY seeking to 'integrate' firefighting and EMS corps

The FDNY plans to further “integrate” its EMS and firefighting services by unifying the administration of both and bringing “critical resources” to beleaguered EMTs, paramedics and EMS officers, the department explained in its 2025 strategic plan....

Insurgent slate looks to topple Local 3005 leadership FREE

A group of Local 3005 members who last year passed a motion calling for their pensions to be divested from Israeli stocks and bonds are now seeking to oust the union’s leadership in elections this month. The ‘Rank and File Voices’ slate is running...
A former superintendent at the city Housing Authority has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for demanding $30,000 in bribes in exchange for granting $400,000 in contracts. Hector Colon, 47, who worked as a superintendent at several NYCHA...
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Mayor Eric Adams announced a pilot program that will help city employees enroll in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness. The city has partnered with Summer, an organization aimed at providing student loan and education assistance, to assist city...
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When Department of Sanitation workers went on strike in February 1968, Harry Nespoli state hard at work. On the gridiron.  Nespoli, who had graduated from John Jay High School in Brooklyn a few years earlier, had gone to Kansas State, where...
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NYPD sergeants have overwhelmingly approved a 5-year contract, concluding a drawn-out effort by city and union officials to secure a deal for the roughly 4,400 cops in the supervisory title. The retroactive agreement will net sergeants who were...
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A group of workers who clean Con Edison buildings secured their first ever union contract this week, a 5-year agreement for around 100 workers unionized with Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union. The union reached an agreement...
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A New York State Supreme Court judge has permitted a plan that would offer in-person voting options in the United Federation of Teachers’ upcoming election, the union announced last week. Although it is expected that the majority of votes will be...
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500 bodegas to get 'SilentShield' panic buttons
Following a series of robberies, stabbings and killings inside city bodegas that had workers at the small groceries concerned for their safety and that of their customers, Mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday that the city would fund the installation...
1199’s Gresham ousted in upset election
George Gresham, who has served as president of the Service Employees International Union Local 1199 since 2007, was defeated by challenger Yvonne Armstrong in the union’s recent election. More than 38,000 members of the union cast ballots....
Retail workers get $4 million for employers' workplace violations
More than 2,000 workers will receive $4 million in restitution from four businesses – including Halal Guys and Petco – that violated the city’s fair workweek law and paid sick leave law. The city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection...
On May Day, city workers take aim at Trump FREE
Foley Square was once again the site of a massive gathering of workers and union leaders celebrating May Day, International Workers Day, on May 1. Whereas last year's event drew thousands of workers calling for a cease-fire in the conflict in...
Transit crews who worked at ground zero still awaiting disability benefit FREE
Philip Ronnie Shpiller retired from his 30-year career with the city as an emergency-response plumber with the New York City Transit Authority in 2012. But in a very real sense, the work never left him.  Shpiller and dozens of his colleagues...
City academic unions condemn Trump's attacks on universities
Union leaders gathered outside of City Hall last week to deride what they say are the Trump administration’s attacks on higher education through withholding federal funds earmarked for university coffers, cuts to research funding and deportation...
Gillibrand, unions sound alarm on Social Security cuts FREE
Federal Social Security employees are retiring early, accepting voluntary resignation offers, being arbitrarily reassigned to different apartments, facing harsher consequences for infractions and are being forced to work in person every day...
Amid threats to worker safety, advocates commemorate Workers Memorial Day FREE
Elie William, a 45-year electrical assistant working on a construction site at the Waldorf Astoria, was the first worker to die in New York City this year. The construction worker, who fell 40 feet through a hole from a suspended catwalk, died...
Actors’ agent bilked clients of $1.8 million
Law and order it was not.  A longtime talent agent fleeced $1.8 million from dozens of struggling actors he was representing to reap the good life, including through opulent spa treatments and luxury Italian couture, the office of Manhattan...
Educators frustrated over delayed travel, coursework reimbursements
Therapists, nurses and other educators in the city’s public school system are sick of having to wait months and even years to be reimbursed for travel and coursework expenses. Members of the United Federation of Teachers rallied near the...
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Letters to the Editor
To the editor: These are consequential times for the Municipal Labor Committee and municipal employees’ and retirees’ health benefits due to a confluence of events. Harry Nespoli, who until his retirement Tuesday was the chair of the MLC and...
To the editor: The City Council's Fiscal Year 2026 budget response to the mayor’s spending plan recommends a salary increase for FDNY emergency medical technicians: "Addressing pay disparities is critical to stabilizing the EMS workforce and...
To the editor: The Supreme Court will hear arguments on May 15 in a case concerning the Trump administration’s attempts to abolish birthright citizenship. The justices will not be ruling on the policy’s constitutionality but rather deciding...
To the editor: Democratic leaders in Congress and in state and city leadership positions often complain that the Democratic Party has no strong central message(s) that will bring voters together to stop Trump and return the House of...
To the editor:  I have posted previously on this very page letters detailing why Trump won, as well as suggested viewing of YouTube videos with comments from the people that hired Trump — the voters — explaining why Trump won. This has been...
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Cuomo won't fix New York City for working people FREE

After a decade as New York's governor, Andrew Cuomo resigned in 2021 under a cloud of controversy around sexual misconduct. He is now running for New York City mayor. In the words of...
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Additives, self-slaughter and excommunication FREE

There's a lot of talk these days about cognitive impairment. When it's real and how it's measured is disputed, especially when the subjects are public figures.  My original diagnostic test is the most reliable. It can be tailored to holders...

For Adams, independence is no guarantee FREE

It’s no secret that in New York City the most important qualification for getting elected mayor is being a Democrat. It does not even require a candidate to be a good Democrat. Since the five boroughs merged in 1898, some of the worst mayors have...
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What to do if you get an IRS notice FREE

Each year, the Internal Revenue Service sends millions of letters and notices to taxpayers for a variety of reasons. Although some people may feel anxious when they receive one, many are easy to resolve. Here are items to know about IRS notices,...
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Tax credit will help pay for day camp

Along with the lazy, hazy days of summer come some extra expenses, including summer day camp, nursery school and preschool. The IRS has some good news for parents: those added expenses may help you qualify for a tax credit. Sorry, overnight camp...
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Tax tips for the newly married

Congratulations if you recently updated your status from single to married, but you should be aware that marriage also brings about some changes with your income taxes. Here are several tips for newlyweds from the IRS: • Notify the Social...
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