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With ranked endorsements, DC 37 rejects Cuomo, hears out activist members

Within a day of the union announcing its endorsement of Council Speaker Adrienne Adams for Mayor, District Council 37 had printed out dozens of pro-Adams signs and marshalled Attorney General Letitia James and two other unions - UNITE HERE Local...
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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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...
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One of the slates opposing the long-term leadership of the United Federation of Teachers has filed a lawsuit alleging that a change allowing in-person voting in the union’s upcoming election wasn't permitted under the union's constitution. The...
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The union representing New York City Transit supervisors is suing the MTA and the city’s Department of Finance over what union leadership says are unfair and illegal fines issued to members parking city vehicles in bus lanes, busways or bus stops...
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All but one of the seven candidates for mayor who assembled at the CUNY Graduate Center to debate health care and other topics were adamant on the topic of most interest to attendees: Municipal retirees must be able to keep the health care...
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Black and female workers are leaving the city workforce at disproportionate rates – and members of the City Council want to know why. Although 32 percent of the city workers are Black, they represented 39 percent of the workers who separated from...
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Members of public sector unions in New York City can decertify their union or change the union representing them after three years without a contract following a settlement reached between the city and state labor boards this month.  In...
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Adrienne Adams, 2 others score coveted DC 37 endorsement
District Council 37 endorsed Speaker Adrienne Adams, Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani and State Senator Zellnor Myrie for mayor in a ranked slate of three candidates this week. The city’s largest union of municipal workers by membership, DC 37’s...
Council bill would compel DOI to investigate discrimination in FDNY
Three City Council members are taking another crack at trying to solve the FDNY’s persistent issue ofexclusion of and discrimination against Black and female firefighters by introducing a bill that would expand the Department of Investigation’s...
Unions rip administration's decision to halt wind farm project
A chorus of criticism from unions and state officials followed the Trump administration’s immediate halt last week to the build-out of Empire Wind 1, the wind farm off the southwest coast of Long Island that had already generated more than 1,000...
Home care nurses at CenterLight settle contract, avert strike
Home health care nurses at CenterLight Healthcare have settled a contract that restores the workers health insurance coverage, averting a planned strike, their union announced last week. Earlier this month, the nurses submitted a strike notice to...
Ex-Rikers CO gets 6-month prison term for smuggling dope
A former Rikers correction officer has been sentenced to six months in prison for her role in a narcotics-smuggling scheme at the penal island.  Ghislaine Barrientos, of Mount Vernon, had pleaded guilty in January federal bribery charges for...
Strike possible after NJ Transit train engineers reject labor deal FREE
NJ Transit locomotive engineers have rejected a tentative contract deal in a dispute over wages, setting the stage for a possible strike next month. Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen voted overwhelmingly against the...
Workers save 70 Alamo Drafthouse Cinema jobs with 58-day strike
After nearly two months on strike, workers at two Alamo Drafthouse Cinema locations reached an agreement with management that cancels the layoffs of 70 employees and allows striking workers to return to work. Members of United Auto Workers...
Sergeants union, city finally reach deal
After nearly two years of hard bargaining, the union representing NYPD sergeants and the city have chiseled a tentative contract agreement. The retroactive 5-year deal, which will be put to a vote of the Sergeants Benevolent Association's rank...
PSC members await retro, bonus pay
Show them the money. Members of the Professional Staff Congress at CUNY are frustrated that, three months after ratifying their contract, they still haven’t received their ratification bonuses, retroactive pay or raises. PSC members voted to...
‘Grace period’ would allow fired state COs to get their jobs back
The more than 2,000 state correction officers fired by Governor Kathy Hochul for taking part in an illegal wildcat strike earlier this year would be given an opportunity to get their jobs back, according to legislation introduced by two Upstate...
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Letters to the Editor
To the editor: The Founding Fathers built our government on a three legged stool. Three co-equal branches  — executive, legislative and judicial — to serve as a system of checks and balances. Having shaken off the yoke of tyranny, our...
To the editor: Both Mahmoud Kahlil and Mohsen Mahdawi are New Yorkers and permanent residents. They were activists at Columbia University who led protests against Israel’s military actions in Gaza while advocating for Palestinian rights. Both...
To the editor: One thing that President Donald Trump can be expected to continue ignoring is the role that corporate greed plays in our trade deficit. It's easy for him to blame China. But white American corporate executives have their products...
To the editor: Dina Washington sang one of the greatest songs of hope when she intoned, “What a difference a day makes, 24 little hours.” For Donald Trump, his Day One (24 little hours) has been made up of promises to make America great again in...
To the editor: The president of the United Federation of Teachers, Michael Mulgrew, embraced the transitioning of all retirees to an inferior Medicare Advantage plan, which is simply a disadvantaged version of health benefits. Medicare Advantage...
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Trump’s tariffs and the mutation of neoliberal ideology FREE

President Donald Trump’s tariffs, while destabilizing both domestic and global markets, signal more than a shift in trade policy — they mark a rupture in the dominant political-economic consensus. That rupture has sparked a wave of speculation: Is...
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The gauntlet

Dogs look up to you, cats look down on you, and pigs see you as an equal. Winston Churchill's astute observation, slightly tweaked, describes how people of different ideological breeds view the police. In the polarized miasma of contemporary...

It’s thirteen o’clock in America FREE

The first sentence of George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984” is foreboding. It reads, “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”  Millions of Americans have been undergoing an ideological lobotomy over the...
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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...

Don’t be scammed by fake IRS communications FREE

The IRS receives thousands of reports each year from taxpayers who receive suspicious emails, phone calls, faxes or notices claiming to be from the Internal Revenue Service. Many of these scams fraudulently use the Internal Revenue Service name...
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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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LA’s mayor proposes slashing 1,600 city jobs

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Monday proposed laying off more than 1,600 government workers in an attempt to close a nearly $1 billion budget gap amid a slumping economy while the city contends with the costly job of rebuilding a seaside...
In her 28 years working for the federal government, Shea Giagnorio provided day care for the children of U.S. soldiers, training for employees and oversight for safety net programs. Public service took her from Germany to Alaska to Kansas City,...
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