The city’s effort to switch its municipal retirees from a traditional, government-run Medicare program to a privately administered Medicare Advantage plan, underway for years, has been beset by …

At a February ceremony inside Queens Borough Hall, Firefighter Regina Wilson once again took the reins of the Vulcan Society, the 83-year-old fraternal order of Black firefighters, which she led …

Nurses and their unions are urging the city and state to increase investments in hospitals to help correct a persistent staffing crisis.The New York State Nurses Association demonstrated last week in …

Roberta Vogel, a retired counselor who worked at the College of Staten Island for 45 years, is visually impaired and relies on a home health-care worker to assist her with daily tasks.“What would I …

Most had come from Romania, Russia, Austria or Italy. Some had been in New York only a few months, even weeks. All toiled inside one of the city’s most notorious sweatshops, on the top three floors …

Workers at more than 115 Starbucks locations across the country walked off the job Wednesday to pressure the company to negotiate contracts with the unionized stores. They also called for a halt to …

The FDNY has 483 unfilled firefighter positions and is down more than 30 percent of its dispatchers, leaving the department short-staffed just as the New York’s Bravest are responding to increasing …

Following a number of fires caused by exploding lithium-ion batteries that power the increasingly ubiquitous e-bikes and scooters, Mayor Eric Adams signed five bills this week tightening regulations …

Calling the right to strike a crucial mechanism for securing fair contracts, the Transport Workers Union of America and TWU Local 100 have enlisted lawmakers in a bid to amend state law and  …

Amid a recent wave of violence near schools, the city Independent Budget Office found that the number of school safety agents has dropped 24 percent since the start of the pandemic.There were about …