City cab drivers and their union say that proposed Taxi and Limousine Commission rules mandating that all new cabs need to be wheelchair accessible will bankrupt drivers already burdened by …

Amid concerns that a laundry cleaning company that is contracted with several health care facilities across the city has endangered workers, a City Council resolution introduced this week would …

The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is being accused by current and former workers of employing an “on-call” policy that is oppressive and unfair.  Several of …

Women make up roughly half of U.S. labor union membership, but representation in top level union leadership positions has lagged, even in female-dominated industries and particularly for women of …

The head of the union representing more than 1,100 officers with several state agencies, including the New York State University Police, has called Governor Kathy Hochul’s veto of a bill that would …

Overall crime citywide again dropped in September, marking the ninth straight month of decreases, police officials said. Killings, robberies, burglaries and car thefts were all down from a year ago, …

A doorman at an Upper West Side building has been indicted for allegedly stealing more than $477,000 from a retired city public school teacher and her husband, the Manhattan District Attorney’s …

A group of rank-and-file lifeguards has filed charges against the longtime president of the lifeguard supervisors union and other union officers in the workers’ latest bid to curb the power of …

In late August, the state Department of Health delivered a staffing deficiency report to hospital administrators at Albany Medical Center, giving them 45 days to collaborate with nurses to come up …

A former city correction officer conspired to smuggle narcotics, chicken wings and other contraband into a Rikers Island jail in exchange for cash payments from inmates, federal authorities said. …

Laborers and ironworkers building a 266,000-square-foot studio space on Manhattan’s Far West Side are working in unsafe conditions, aren’t making a prevailing wage and don’t have union …

Mohamed Alshami, a campus peace officer at CUNY, is challenging the longtime president of Teamsters Local 237, Gregory Floyd, in the union’s upcoming election. Local 237 represents about 24,000 …

Four current and former employees at a Brooklyn juvenile detention center have pleaded guilty to accepting bribes in exchange for smuggling in alcohol, razor blades and other contraband into the …

College assistants, custodians and other non-pedagogical employees at the City University of New York are growing increasingly frustrated as they await agreed-to raises and retroactive payments more …

State and local legislators must pass regulations aimed at protecting New Yorkers laboring outdoors from threats — including extreme heat — posed by climate change, a report released by city …

Roberta Gonzalez made $5,200 a year when she came to work for the city in 1973, as a clerk with what was then the Department of Health, Hospitals, and Sanitation. As the city’s fiscal picture grew …

Citing a “significant and continuing national-level safety risk,” federal transportation officials have directed transit agencies to assess how well their workers are protected against …

Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more …

A federal judge has certified litigation brought by two dozen members of FDNY EMS and their unions as a class action discrimination suit covering all EMS workers, from EMTs to division commanders, …

Doctors in the city’s public hospital system are pushing back against a recently implemented plan to halve appointment times for new primary care patients. In August, NYC Health + Hospitals …

FDNY officials’ September 2021 approval of a Turkish diplomatic building’s fire alarm and fire suppression systems sits center stage in the indictment of Mayor Eric Adams unsealed by federal …

Mayor Eric Adams was indicted Thursday on charges that he took illegal campaign contributions and bribes from foreign nationals in exchange for favors that included helping Turkish officials get fire …

When Luz came to the United States from Barranquilla, Colombia, roughly 40 years ago, she thought she might become an American citizen at some point. But “always I said ‘later, later, …

Nearly 23,000 vendors are currently operating in New York City, which is four times larger than previous estimates, according to a recent report. Based on the findings of a survey of 2,060 vendors, …

The 100 musicians of the New York Philharmonic have ratified a contract that will bring them 30-percent raises within three years, putting them on a par with other prominent orchestras. The 3-year …