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High court greenlights Medicare switch FREE

In a significant setback for city retirees, the state’s highest court has given the green light to the Adams administration’s plan to shift 250,000 former municipal workers to a cost-saving Medicare Advantage plan.  In a unanimous decision,...

EMS workers could get added protections FREE

A bill aimed at improving safety for EMS workers and named for an FDNY EMS officer who was fatally stabbed in the line of duty passed both the State Assembly and State Senate last week. The bill named for Lieutenant Alison Russo-Elling, a 24-year...
State legislators have passed a bill that would establish a critical leave policy for state police officers involved in dangerous use of force incidents. The bill, which has passed in both the state Assembly and the Senate, would provide troopers...
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As families and police agencies in New York State contend with an uptick in officer suicides, lawmakers have passed legislation that would establish confidentiality provisions in a formalized mental-health support program run by cops...
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Although in recent years the city has increased the number of corruption prevention trainings given to municipal employees, the number of workers alleging retaliation for whistleblowing or who have received whistleblower protection is alarmingly...
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Nearly two dozen MTA workers collected over $200,000 in overtime alone last year, with one worker at the authority topping $308,000 in just OT, bringing his total salary to more than $500,000, according to an analysis of the authority payroll data...
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Workers on Comptroller Brad Lander’s campaign for Mayor have unionized with the Campaign Workers Guild and agreed to a contract with the mayoral candidate securing a salary floor, a healthcare stipend, limits on hours staffers can work and...
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A man has been arrested in connection with the stabbing of two officers working security inside Manhattan criminal court on Monday, a court spokesperson said. The uniformed court officers had been assigned to the magnetometer in the southern...
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Workers at five different tabletop board game cafés in Manhattan and Brooklyn reached a tentative agreement with management for a first union contract late last month after a year and a half of bargaining. The agreement covers nearly 100 workers...
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Healthcare workers affected by planned layoffs at NewYork-Presbyterian protested the cuts at a press conference this week. Members of the New York State Nurses Association, 1199 SEIU and Communications Workers of America Local 1104 rallied near...
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The longtime president of the New York City Central Labor Council, Vincent Alvarez, is stepping down from the role at the end of the month.  Alvarez, who has led the nation's largest regional labor federation for the last 14 years, has...
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KIPP charter purposely stalled first contract: NLRB
After three-and-a-half years negotiating a first contract, an administrative law judge at the National Labor Relations Board determined that KIPP Academy Charter School engaged in bad faith bargaining by purposely stalling the bargaining...
‘Everybody stood up’: Why a union leader’s arrest galvanized California Democrats on immigration FREE
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The union leader federal agents detained at an immigration protest in Los Angeles last week is well known to California’s Democratic leadership from his years of...
Insurgents sweep Local 3005 leadership elections FREE
An insurgent slate of Local 3005 members swept the union’s leadership elections last month, winning all four of the union’s top leadership positions, every seat on the executive board and its three trustee positions. All 13 members on the ‘Rank...
32BJ supporting Haitian immigrants in suit against Trump administration
A union representing 185,000 cleaners, security guards, airport workers and property service workers is putting its weight behind a suit aiming to preserve the Temporary Protective Status for more than 200,000 Haitian immigrants. A humanitarian...
At Albany Med, staffing issues persist as contract talks stall
Nurses urged leadership at Albany Medical Center to settle a contract that will address staffing woes plaguing the facility. In 2021, the state passed laws requiring hospitals to establish committees to set safe-staffing ratios. The state...
UFT's Mulgrew, heading into 6th term, prioritizes healthcare, Tier 6 reforms FREE
Michael Mulgrew, the president of the United Federation of Teachers, is focused on fixing Tier 6, raising para pay, and improving healthcare for his members and other municipal workers. The longtime union leader won his sixth-term, securing 54...
Company officials defrauded NYS Insurance Fund of $9 million, Manhattan DA charges
The owners and managers of a New Jersey construction company  have been indicted on conspiracy and money laundering charges for defrauding more than $9 million in unpaid workers’ compensation premiums from the New York State Insurance Fund,...
Municipal retirees bash city's Medicare Advantage plan FREE
Laura Genovese was, in her words, getting “worked up.”  Speaking at a town hall event hosted by downtown Manhattan Council Member Christopher Marte last week, the former Department of Education secretary said she was puzzled by the lack of...
FDNY union joins coalition for a national housing plan
The Uniformed Firefighters Association has joined a coalition of unions looking to persuade President Donald Trump to use potential proceeds from the sale of two government-sponsored enterprises to construct workforce housing...
At FDNY Medal Day, honoring heroes FREE
Firefighter Michael Kotzo had to act fast.  Standing on the roof of a blazing Manhattan building last year, Kotzo had just lowered fellow firefighter Jason Lopez and the fire victim that Lopez had rescued from a top floor apartment to the...
Labor Perspectives
Letters to the Editor
To the editor: "The flaw of creativity" is another excellent letter from Harry Weiner (The Chief, Letters, June 6). Municipal Labor Council Chair Harry Nespoli says, "We had to be creative and at the same time not hurt the city's finances…. We...
To the editor: Two damning examples why Andrew Cuomo is unfit to hold public office are the sexual harassment and nursing home scandals. These should have been career-ending for the former governor, who in 2021 resigned rather than face...
To the editor: In case you missed it, June 12 was officially TACO Thursday (not really). I’m not referring to the tasty Mexican treat, but rather the acronym describing Donald Trump’s weak-kneed policy approach — Trump Always Chickens...
To the editor: Online comments to my last letter point out Republicans used celebrities in 2024 (“Indepence Day,” Letters, The Chief, June 6). Republican or Democrat I equally disdain this practice. I voted third party; no celebrity endorsed my...
To the editor: President Donald Trump recently said the following: “Our farmers are being hurt badly, you know they have very good workers who have worked for them for 20 years. They’re not citizens but they turned out to be great, and we’re...
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New traffic patterns overwhelm Astoria FREE

Astoria, Queens, is now a tortuous asphalt maze of unforgiving closed streets, bright green paint, white lines, warning signs and merciless traffic arrows pointing and entrapping motorists into a gridlocked abyss. Drivers are stressed to the...

New York’s EMTs deserve more than empty promises FREE

Anthony Almojera is a lieutenant with FDNY EMS, the vice president of Local 3621 FDNY Uniformed EMS Officers and the author of “Riding the Lightning: A Year in the Life of a New York City Paramedic.” For nearly three years, New York City’s EMTs...
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Balanced bias and doubt FREE

In the struggle to establish credibility as social justice warriors, half the battle is showing up, barking and flashing righteous indignation, while hiding tell-tale signs of the unowned hypocrisy of fiercely defended personal privilege, and...
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Tax Strategies

Are you eligible for the saver’s tax credit? FREE

Formerly called the Retirement Savings Contributions Credit, the Saver’s Credit gives a special tax break to low-to-moderate income workers who are saving for retirement. Contributions to a traditional or Roth IRA, 403(b), 457 and 401(k) plans are...
Tax strategies

Charitable deductions: What are the limits? FREE

Charitable contributions made to qualified organizations may help to reduce your taxable income and lower your tax bill. The IRS has put together the following guidelines to help ensure your contributions pay off on your tax return. A charitable...

Tax provisions in budget bill FREE

On May 9, Governor Kathy Hochul signed New York’s budget bill for the 2026 fiscal year. The key tax provisions are below: • The budget enacts a one-time inflation refund check. Specifically, joint filers with income up to $150,000 will receive a...
Work rules by Barbara Smaller

Labor Nation
Immigration authorities raided an Omaha meat production plant Tuesday morning and took dozens of workers away in buses, leaving company officials bewildered because they said they had followed the law. The raid happened around 9 a.m. at Glenn...
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NJ Transit’s locomotive engineers ratified a contract after five years of negotiations and the first strike at the agency in more than 40 years, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen announced Tuesday. Many details of the...
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