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SEPTEMBER 17, 2025
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5 years after repeal of police record ‘secrecy’ law, accountability gets a boost, some say

For decades, state statute shielded the disciplinary records of police officers and other uniformed civil servants from public view, preventing independent oversight of internal investigations and frustrating people who filed claims about... MORE

FDNY unions, officials rip 'chaos' at WTC Health Program

Amid memorials for the 343 members of the FDNY who perished on 9/11 and the over 400 who have died from World Trade Center-related illnesses in the 24 years since, firefighters, union leaders, 9/11 survivor advocates and lawmakers lamented the... MORE


LIRR unions stave off strike with request for feds to get involved

Representatives from five unions representing thousands of Long Island Rail Road Workers announced Monday that they’re asking President Donald Trump to intervene in negotiations between the unions and the Metropolitan Transit Authority,... MORE

Lawmakers try to revive, once again, the 9/11 Workers Protection Task Force

Recently enacted legislation looks to breathe new life into a panel of New York state and local officials charged with looking into the impacts of toxic exposures at ground zero and making... MORE

Overriding Adams vetoes, Council increases gig worker pay, eases street-vendor penalties

Three bills aimed at boosting the wages and protections of delivery workers and decriminalizing street vending that were vetoed by Mayor Eric Adams when first passed were approved once again by the City Council on Wednesday. More than two-thirds... MORE

Amid federal cuts, Adams administration invests $3.2M in city service program

Amid the Trump administration’s cuts to service and jobs programs, New York City is increasing its investment.

The Adams administration announced Sept. 9 that it was committing $3.2 million to expand the city’s Civic Corps Program to all five... MORE

COMMENTARY

Workers can strike back with the New York Health Act

Dr. Damien Archbold is an anesthesiologist at Elmhurst Hospital and a Doctors Council SEIU delegate. 

Carter Myers-Brown aptly describes how industry-sponsored authoritarians have pushed workers into a corner and intend to land the final... MORE

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

On the wrong track

To the editor:

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers are demanding raises that will keep pace with inflation. So they are not actually asking for real raises, but that they do not... MORE

Committee comity

To the editor:

I have written about the need for Gregory Floyd, the Municipal Labor Committee’s secretary and Teamsters 237 president, to recuse himself from an imminent and consequential vote. A decision will be made on whether to award... MORE

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