The worst part of working at the combination Taco Bell and Pizza Hut Express was pumping hot water through the nacho cheese dispenser at closing.  Mistreatment from customers, the constant …

Officer attrition at the NYPD, although still above pre-pandemic norms, eased somewhat in the first half of the year.  Through the end of June, 1,119 officers had retired and 395 had resigned, …

Citing a decline in the inmate population and other factors, the state’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said it will shutter two upstate prisons in the coming months.  The …

The gender pay gap across New York City has changed little over the last two decades, which can largely be attributed to women earning less than men within the same field, even in occupations that …

The city's Board of Collective Bargaining has dismissed all but one of the grievance charges by a member of the Civil Service Technical Guild alleging that the union’s president had excluded and …

It's music to their ears. The pension plan for nearly 50,000 musicians who work in television, film and on Broadway will receive a $1.5 billion investment to save the pension from insolvency. The …

For several weeks earlier this year, Maria Reyes, a recent arrival from Ecuador, installed, repaired and finished drywall at a 23-story residential project under construction on West 96th Street on …

Regulations proposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration would strap volunteer departments with exorbitant costs and make it difficult for them to continue operating, an advocate …

A former fraud investigator with the city’s Department of Homeless Services has pleaded guilty to federal charges of impersonating homeless people to fraudulently obtain Covid unemployment …

There was one cop missing from Monday’s NYPD police academy graduation ceremony. But Police Officer Edgar Ordonez was there in spirit, and he will likely remain in the hearts and minds of the 626 …

Computer systems managers who have worked for the City University of New York for more than a decade say morale has taken a hit over the lack of raises and pay inequities they say they have faced for …

Benny Boscio Jr., the resolute head of the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association, will continue as union president, having defeated two upstart challengers for the post.  In a referendum …

FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh, whose tenure at the helm of the nation’s largest fire department has been beset by discord with chiefs under her command, announced on Saturday that she will …

Nearly 11 months after negotiations began, resident physicians at Montefiore Medical Center are demanding that the hospital’s management settle a fair contract. Members of SEIU’s Committee of …

A last-minute infusion of $6.245 million into the city’s budget for community composting programs has not been enough to save programs run by several of the nonprofits providing the service and …

Two former postal workers at the JFK International Service Center in Queens accused of stealing U.S. Treasury checks worth more $4 million and pawning them off for payments have been indicted on …

Since securing a first-in-the-nation minimum wage late last year, app-based restaurant delivery workers in New York City are making more money and spending less time idling between orders. That’s …

Workers at The Bronx Defenders say they’ll be walking out on strike the morning of July 22 if they’re unable to reach a deal with management within the next two weeks. The attorneys, paralegals, …

Sixteen current and former city educators deliberately submitted fake Covid-19 vaccination cards, according to an investigation by the independent watchdog for the city's Department of …

Scott Munro, the new head of the Detective Endowment Association, is unbowed before the challenges facing his union.  Top of the to-do pile for the 32-year NYPD cop, who ascended to the …

A coalition of more than two dozen state and local government agencies, among them the State Attorney General’s Office and the City Comptroller’s Office, are urging the U.S. Department of …

Major crimes declined citywide through the first half of the year, with killings and shootings in particular showing marked drops, according to recent NYPD statistics.  Through June, homicides …

Workers in the construction trade commit suicide at a higher rate than those in any other major industry group , except mining, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Faced with that sobering …

A Manhattan postal worker and her partner have been indicted on charges of stealing credit cards and checks from mail bound for addresses in Midtown, the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin …

Paul DiGiacomo’s NYPD career spanned high-crime epochs, the crack scourge, the 9/11 terror attacks, Covid and also numerous successes, challenges and tragedies that a decades-long tenure on the job …