A New York man on Monday was sentenced to serve 25 years to life in prison for the fatal stabbing of a veteran emergency worker in 2022. Peter Zisopoulos, 37, was convicted in May of second-degree murder for killing Lt. Alison Russo-Elling, then...
Researchers at the city and state’s public universities affected by cuts to federal grant funding urged state congressional leaders to oppose further cuts to research funding proposed in President Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill.’ Members of the...
Federal workers fed up with Immigration and Customs Enforcement detaining immigrants in federal buildings gathered in three cities on Thursday to protest what one union leader called “extrajudicial kidnappings.” The rallies in New York City,...
Street vendors who run afoul of city regulations will no longer receive criminal summonses but will instead be liable for fines of up to $1,000, depending on the infraction, according to a City Council bill passed Monday. Queens...
As the use of artificial technology technologies expands, members of the City Council questioned how AI will impact city workers during a recent hearing. With automation presenting a threat to jobs across the nation in a wide range of industries,...
Uber and Lyft drivers in the city must now be given a 72-hour notice before they are “locked out” of the companies’ apps. The city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission on Wednesday approved amendments to its rules that require the rides-share companies...
With Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the Democratic primary for Mayor all but certain following former Governor Andrew Cuomo’s concession of the race, unions are taking stock of what was to many an unforeseen upset. Most...
Farmers, cattle ranchers and hotel and restaurant managers breathed a sigh of relief in mid-June when President Donald Trump ordered a pause to immigration raids that were disrupting those industries and scaring foreign-born workers off the...
Seventy retired New York City public employees collected at least $200,000 in pension benefits last year, growing significantly from 2019, according to data compiled by the Empire Center. The nonpartisan think tank analyzed data from the New York...
FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker went off-script during his remarks at a graduation ceremony for firefighter cadets last month. Eschewing his prepared speech, Tucker explained to the 82 fire cadets and their families why none of them would be...
The city’s ride-share drivers and their union are making a renewed push for legislation that would make it more difficult for the apps to deactivate the drivers’ accounts. The City Council bill would prohibit the rideshare companies,...
Members of the United Federation of Teachers and elected officials demanded that City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams schedule a hearing on proposed legislation that would provide paraprofessionals with annual payments of at least...
Federal workers in New York City are no longer conducting evaluations, audits or investigations into potentially discriminatory practices by government contractors. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, a division of the U.S....
With less than a week to go before contracts covering almost 2,500 attorneys, legal advocates and support staff expire, the threat of a strike that would shut down the city’s legal system is coming into view. Workers across a dozen United...
The National Labor Relations Board determined that an Applebee’s worker in the Bronx was fired in retaliation for organizing his coworkers against alleged discriminatory pay practices. Last month, the NLRB reached a settlement with Apple-Metro,...
Days after the state’s high court OK’d city officials’ yearslong bid to switch 250,000 retired municipal workers to a Medicare Advantage plan, Mayor Adams has pulled the plug on the effort — for now. In a statement released Friday...
The owner of a 308-unit rental building in Midtown Manhattan reached a $650,000 settlement with New York City Comptroller Brad Lander over violations of prevailing wage laws, Lander announced this week. 160 Madison Ave LLC underpaid 15 workers...
Job Corps centers nationwide, including those in Brooklyn and the Bronx, will stay open for the time being following a federal judge’s extension of a temporary restraining order halting the U.S. Department of Labor’s planned shutdown of the...
In a significant setback for city retirees, the state’s highest court has given the green light to the Adams administration’s plan to shift 250,000 former municipal workers to a cost-saving Medicare Advantage plan. In a unanimous decision,...
As families and police agencies in New York State contend with an uptick in officer suicides, lawmakers have passed legislation that would establish confidentiality provisions in a formalized mental-health support program run by cops...
Nearly two dozen MTA workers collected over $200,000 in overtime alone last year, with one worker at the authority topping $308,000 in just OT, bringing his total salary to more than $500,000, according to an analysis of the authority payroll data...
Workers on Comptroller Brad Lander’s campaign for Mayor have unionized with the Campaign Workers Guild and agreed to a contract with the mayoral candidate securing a salary floor, a healthcare stipend, limits on hours staffers can work and...
A man has been arrested in connection with the stabbing of two officers working security inside Manhattan criminal court on Monday, a court spokesperson said. The uniformed court officers had been assigned to the magnetometer in the southern...
State legislators have passed a bill that would establish a critical leave policy for state police officers involved in dangerous use of force incidents. The bill, which has passed in both the state Assembly and the Senate, would provide troopers...
Although in recent years the city has increased the number of corruption prevention trainings given to municipal employees, the number of workers alleging retaliation for whistleblowing or who have received whistleblower protection is alarmingly...