A federal judge has rejected a request by 15 New York county sheriffs to block the enforcement of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s law restricting local police’s cooperation with federal immigration authorities, leaving the state's prohibition on 287(g)...
The NYPD’s program allowing private businesses to hire off-duty cops for security work has come under scrutiny by a city watchdog, with investigators flagging problems in officer safety and payment protections, while the Police Benevolent...
When Carmen De León toppled the 12-year president of District Council 37’s Health Care Employees Local 768 in elections held in late 2020, she credited the team that she ran with for her narrow victory over Fitz Reid. “I have a really good...
Retired and active NYPD officers are accusing the Police Benevolent Association of failing to represent their interests in a contentious pension dispute, saying the union declined to support their yearslong campaign for retirement benefits before...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani threatened legal action against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Nov. 2, demanding that the federal agency stop using New York City-owned parking lots to stage immigration enforcement operations without the city’s...
Profit-seeking private equity funds that are rapidly taking over New York's homecare industry have exacerbated the low pay, poor support and exploitation faced by homecare workers, two studies from researchers at the Cornell University's...
In the middle of bargaining for a new contract covering 40,000 transit workers, the MTA terminated an agreement that allowed employees with less than half of their sick days remaining to receive a lump-sum payment upon...
The union representing New York State Police troopers is challenging the firing of a 12-year veteran who tested positive for cannabis, arguing that state law protects workers who legally use the substance off duty and that State Police leadership...
Koran Irvine was driving home from a 12-hour shift at a Con Edison plant in New Jersey when he was shot dead on the George Washington Bridge by a retired NYPD detective, prosecutors say. After the vehicles of the unionized utility worker...
In an interview with The Chief, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman outlined his proposals to lower taxes and utility bills, defended the state’s current minimum wage and pledged tougher penalties for assaults on public-sector workers....
It was a Monday afternoon when hundreds of Transport Workers Union Local 100 members piled into the union's headquarters to announce and celebrate the union's endorsement of Governor Kathy Hochul. The daughter of a union steelworker had...
Forty construction workers have sued two contractors, alleging that last-minute job assignments, low wages and vicious retaliation left them struggling to make ends meet and afraid to speak up about working conditions. The lawsuit, filed Oct. 22...
Dozens of nurses rallied outside of Kings County Hospital in East Flatbush Brooklyn Thursday to call for the reinstatement of a nurse and union leader who was suspended by management earlier this month in what workers say is a clear case of...
The Transport Workers Union is preparing to challenge New York City in federal court after the City Council voted to ban horse-drawn carriages in Central Park, arguing that the legislation threatens the livelihoods of drivers and carriage owners...
Fourteen building workers at a Brooklyn apartment building receiving a property-tax break will recover $419,000 in unpaid wages and benefits under settlements resolving years of prevailing-wage violations, New York City Comptroller Mark Levine...
Bringing FDNY EMS salaries up to parity with FDNY firefighters would cost the city more than $1.2 billion in additional costs over a five year period, an analysis from Comptroller Mark Levine found. A longtime goal of EMS union leaders,...
The 378 unionized workers at the Plaza Hotel will have to find work elsewhere for at least four years beginning in January, as the landmark Manhattan hotel closes for an extensive facade restoration that city officials say follows reports of...
Dozens of unionists and trades workers gathered with light refreshments of Modelos, Budweiser and Cheetos on Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Woodbine in Manhattan for “Crafts at a Crossroads: The Future of the Building Trades,” the latest in a series of...
New York City labor unions representing more than one million workers launched an election protection coalition Oct. 15, pledging to mobilize members and resources to defend voting rights ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Approximately 1,000...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed veteran labor lawyer Liz Vladeck as the next Commissioner of the Office of Labor Relations following current OLR Commissioner Renne Campion’s retirement Dec. 1, City Hall officials said Friday. Currently the...
City workers who pushed their unions to pass resolutions calling on the city’s pension funds to divest from Israeli stocks and bonds celebrated City Comptroller Mark Levine’s announcement on Wednesday that the city’s five pension funds would not be...
A federal correction officer at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center accepted thousands of dollars in bribes to smuggle contraband, including cellphones, into the jail, according to a federal indictment announced Oct. 14...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday ordered the New York Police Department to conduct a sweeping review of how officers use force against civilians, moving to address growing discord among progressives who want the democratic socialist to exert...
Following a citywide hearing on artificial intelligence on Oct. 5, New York City lawmakers are weighing how to regulate a technology that could reshape the workforce and deepen existing inequalities. In a follow-up interview with The Chief, City...
Dozens of unionized StoryCorps employees rallied outside of the Brooklyn Museum the evening of Oct. 8 during a fundraising gala for the non-profit in order to highlight workers' push for a new union contract that secures improved working...
