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Union says Brooklyn Museum layoffs breach contract

Brooklyn Museum management announced Friday that the museum will lay off nearly 50 employees and cut top executive’s salaries in order to prevent the institution’s budget deficits from worsening. Of the 47 employees set to be terminated, 19...
An FDNY EMT has been arrested on murder and other charges in connection with the April 2021 killing during a robbery attempt of a 22-year-old Queens man as he sat in the driver’s seat of his parked Range Rover in Astoria.  Jordan Hannah,...
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A supervisor at Horizon Juvenile Center who previously pleaded guilty to assaulting a 16-year-old detainee was sentenced to time served and two years’ post release supervision by a federal judge Thursday. Daquan Seymour, 34, an associate youth...
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The FDNY does not have enough firefighting equipment designed to suppress brush fires to combat the worsening scourge of outdoor blazes, top FDNY officials and leadership of a union representing FDNY fire officers testified at a City Council...
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A former fraud investigator with the New York City Department of Homeless Services who impersonated homeless people to fraudulently obtain Covid unemployment benefits has been sentenced to 27 months in prison, federal authorities...
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Governor Kathy Hochul is calling for the arrests of state correction officers on criminal charges following autopsy results concluding that the fatal beating of prisoner Robert Brooks was a homicide.  The autopsy found that Brooks was killed...
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Since the start of his second term, President Donald Trump has issued several executive orders that closely align with proposals outlined in Project 2025, raising fears about the impact of these policies on workers, especially those in the...
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Latinos working to overcome a technological divide FREE
As jobs become more reliant on technology some Latino workers can be left behind due to a lack of digital skills exacerbated by a lack of accessibility. Latinos remain an integral part of jobs in agriculture, construction, retail and food...
City launches workforce program for New Yorkers in the criminal-justice system
The Adams administration has announced a program that will provide job opportunities for 1,500 New Yorkers who are involved in the criminal justice system. The initiative, known as the Community Resources for Employment and Development program,...
Day Care Council, CSA reach tentative deal to boost child-care directors' pay
The Day Care Council of New York and the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators have reached a tentative contract agreement on behalf of administrators working at publicly-funded day care centers that includes 33.62 percent in compounded...
Proposal would increase mental health resources for EMS workers
The city would spend $1 million to expand mental health services for FDNY EMS workers under a proposal announced Wednesday by the City Council’s progressive caucus on the steps of City Hall. The program is part of a $61 Million budget request for...
Legislation would ban toxic firefighter gear
Firefighters are more likely to be diagnosed with and die from cancer than the general public, studies have shown. In order to combat this, Governor Kathy Hochul has introduced legislation that would prohibit the sale of firefighter gear...
Some businesses close in a 'day without immigrants' FREE
Businesses from day cares to grocery stores and hair salons closed Monday across the U.S. in a loosely organized day of protest against President Donald Trump's immigration policies. But participation in the "day without immigrants" faced...
Partnering with labor, city looks to attract anchor tenants
The Adams administration is betting that it can reconfigure the city’s commercial office sector to entice the best of the best of the business world to New York and generate thousands of jobs for residents. Kicking off what the administration has...
Violent crime dropped noticeably last month
All seven categories of major dipped last month compared with January 2024, contributing to a 16.8-percent year-over-year decline citywide, NYPD officials said. Police recorded double-digit decreases in murders, shootings, grand larcenies, auto...
Dozens of unionized Alamo Drafthouse Cinema workers laid off
Unionized workers at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Brooklyn and Manhattan voted with 98 percent support to authorize a strike and filed an unfair labor practice charge in the wake of mass layoffs at the dine-in movie theater chain. As part of a...
Ex-NYCHA super gets 2 years in prison for pay-to-play scheme
A former superintendent at the city Housing Authority has been sentenced to 48 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution after he accepted hundreds of thousands in bribes in exchange for approving contracts. Juan Mercado, 50, who worked as...
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Letters to the Editor
To the editor: Last year, the NYC Council unanimously passed a bill providing self-defense training and ballistic vests for FDNY EMTs and paramedics. Now Council members want to increase EMS mental health resources (“Proposal would increase...
To the editor: Mayor Adams recently underwent medical tests for pain on his side. The tests caused the mayor to cancel official activities for several days. The testing must have therefore been extensive. The mayor himself acknowledged that one...
To the editor: My government service spanned 30 years. The first 40 percent of that time was as a civil servant and the final 60 percent as a manager. Having experienced both, I saw firsthand what works in building an efficient, productive team...
To the editor: Like Martin Luther in 1517, Christ-centered Christian leaders must post a modern day “Ninety-five Theses” on the White House door. Christianity has been hijacked by Donald Trump’s self-centered heresy that’s endorsed by false...
To the editor: Since President Donald Trump is such a pathological narcissist and criminal, and pardoned the violent Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers and others who attacked the Capitol, threatened the lives of the vice president and members of...
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Deploy city’s auxiliary police to improve subway safety FREE

Martin Alan Greenberg is a retired criminal justice professor and past president of the Auxiliary Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York. While the odds of being attacked may be small, the city’s subways feel more unsafe in 2025...
Wake-up call

Black History Month revival FREE

Look out, it's Black History Month! It's because I respect its original purpose that I sound a cautionary alarm. It was conceived to elevate the nation with an awareness of the vast and vital intergenerational contributions of African Americans...

Democracy lost FREE

The vulnerability of democracy is that man and woman have the free will to fall. That is the price of freedom and when an individual or group does fall there are built-in guardrails we depend on to prevent autocracy. But in this existential saga...
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Tax strategies

The new standard deduction for the 2024 tax year    FREE

As most individuals and tax professionals know by now, the standard deduction almost doubled under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) for the single, married filing jointly (MFJ), married filing separately (MFS), head of household (HOH) and...
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Itemize or take the standard deduction? FREE

When filing your federal income-tax return, taxpayers can choose to either take the standard deduction or to itemize their deductions. It is anticipated that the number of filers who will itemize for 2024 will drop to less than 20 million due to...

What tax-filing status should you choose? FREE

The first step to filing your federal income-tax return is to determine which filing status to use. In other words, two people making exactly the same amount of income could have different income-tax calculations due solely to a difference in...
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