DECEMBER 18, 2024

City retirees score big Medicare win

Dozens of city retirees crowded into the lobby of the city’s largest municipal union Monday afternoon to try and crash a meeting called by the executive director of District Council 37, Henry Garrido, who had invited City Council members to the... MORE

Judge gives preliminarily OK to $29 million FDNY inspector settlement

A federal judge granted preliminary approval for a $29.2 million settlement in the class-action racial discrimination suit brought by FDNY fire protection inspectors against the city in 2020. The inspectors and their union, Local 2507 of District... MORE

Council looks to address persistent pay disparities

Legal advocates, employee rights groups and others during a recent City Council hearing urged the Council to pass a series of bills that would strengthen the city’s pay transparency laws and help address wage disparities faced by women and people... MORE

Carpenters a step closer to end of 30-year federal supervision

The New York City District Council of Carpenters is one step closer to the end of government supervision after the U.S attorney for the Southern District of New York signed off on a transition plan earlier this month that puts the union on the... MORE

Mount Vernon police systematically violated people's constitutional rights, feds say

Two women, one 65, the other 75, arrested, cuffed and strip-searched by police, who say they saw the pair buy drugs. No contraband is ever found on the women.

Seven cops responding to a person with behavioral health issues promptly cuff the man... MORE

Montefiore residents demand better working conditions as part of a first contract

Resident physicians at Montefiore Medical Center’s Moses campus marched outside of the Bronx hospital in the rain Wednesday to call on the hospital administration to reach a contract that eliminates fees for certain residents and establishes a due... MORE

OPINION

Broken axles and unvarnished truth

I was almost killed a few days ago. Had I been, this column would have been ghost-written.

Not even a pothole could break my spirit, but it did my car axle. Hardly a departure from the norm in our town. My... MORE

LETTERS

Misrepresentation

To the editor:

A Dec. 10 email blast from DC 37 Executive Director Henry Garrido to union members contains misinformation and needless attacks on the 250,000 New York City retirees and dependents.

Mr. Garrido states that “Absent a viable... MORE

Lacking options

To the editor:

New Yorkers have concerns about the plight of people they encounter apparently suffering from serious mental health issues. They question why those so terribly afflicted are not getting seemingly crucial help, sometimes with fatal... MORE

The mayor’s malleability

To the editor:

Why is Eric Adams still mayor? He faces multiple federal counts of corruption and an April trial. A number of his highly paid top-level appointees, cronies that are often part of his extended, political family, have left the... MORE

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