Public Advocate Jumaane Williams has called for an end to solitary confinement in the city’s jails even as the head of the largest correction union criticized him and other advocates for pushi…
Dermot Shea, schooled in policing on the Bronx’s mean streets of the early 1990s, began his tenure Dec. 1 as the city’s 44th Police Commissioner.
The president of the civil-service mechanics union said Dec. 3 that 10 percent of the Department of Sanitation’s salt-spreaders were out of commission at one point or another during the previo…
The controversy over the City Council’s decision to suspend rather than expel Bronx Council Member Andy King following a second round of substantiated charges that he harassed his staff showed…
The American Federation of Government Employees is conducting an independent probe into allegations of sexual misconduct that have been leveled against its long-time president, J. David Cox, a…
Mike Carrube, president of the Subway Surface Supervisors Association, won re-election to a second term by a better-than 3-1 margin over his opponent, Executive Vice President Yvette Williams-…
Several leaders of unions representing court employees said they were not consulted about a proposal to consolidate the state’s trial courts, and one longtime union president characterized rec…
Changes approved by the state Public Financing Commission establishing new limits on campaign contributions for statewide offices and requiring political parties to get at least 130,000 votes …
The city Law Department is seeking to lift the cap on the number of Assistant Corporation Counsels it can hire—but the head of the Civil Service Bar Association feared that the proposal could …
Although former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s entry into the Democratic presidential primaries had been expected to hurt the politically moderate top contenders, two polls released Nov. 26 and 27 …
What is the best tax break available to John and Jane Taxpayer? If they’re homeowners, it’s selling their home. When you sell your primary residence, you can make up to $250,000 in profits if …
Age 59.5 is a milestone in one’s life because it’s the age when withdrawals of pre-tax Defined Contribution (DC) assets are no longer subject to the 10-percent Federal penalty tax. This rule a…
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