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City will slash planned hiring by half

Although the number of vacancies in the city’s municipal workforce has grown to 19,000, the city plans to slash the number of vacancies agencies can fill by half because of growing fiscal concerns, …

Proposal would get app-based delivery workers $23.82 an hour

App-based restaurant delivery workers would be guaranteed a $23.82 minimum wage, according to a proposal by the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, which last week released a …

It took just one day of striking for part-time faculty at the New School to win concessions from management that educators had been asking for since contract talks began in June. The strike started …

Midtown fire sparks debate over e-bike regulations

The number of electric bikes and scooters populating city streets has grown exponentially since they first started appearing en masse in 2020. Commuters, but particularly food delivery workers, have …

Multi-agency effort will address litter, rat reduction

The city is about to get a scrubbing. Mayor Eric Adams last week said the city would invest $14.5 million this fiscal year in a cross-agency effort to clean up neglected areas and neighborhoods, …

A Rikers correction officer partied in the Dominican Republic and Florida, collecting her full salary during the 14 months she feigned illness and injuries to stay off the job.  Her …

CUNY tech grads struggle to find jobs, face lower salaries

Although thousands of students at the City University of New York earn degrees in technology, CUNY graduates are underrepresented in tech jobs, a recent report from the Center for an Urban Future …

Two NYCHA superintendents admit to accepting bribes

Two superintendents at the city Housing Authority have pleaded guilty to accepting bribes in exchange for granting no-bid contracts, the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New …

Council considering controversial health-care amendment

A contentious amendment to the municipal code that would allow the city to charge retired civil servants for continued enrollment in their traditional Medicare could be finding some traction within …

Early childhood education workers criticize staffing cuts

Educators say that the Department of Education’s early childhood division is being dismantled and have planned a no confidence vote in the leadership of Deputy Chancellor Kara Ahmed.

Catsimatidis-owned company says it is 'not bound' by labor contract

Drivers who haul fuel processed at United Metro Energy’s Greenpoint facility to institutions throughout the city, as well as the Teamsters local that negotiated the agreement, believed that their …

In the subway, arrests are up, but so is crime

Subway crime showed few signs of ebbing, despite the influx of police throughout the system late last month.  The NYPD, in conjunction with MTA Police efforts, increased its presence to combat …

Laborers win $150,000 from ‘body shop’

For years, non-union labor brokers in the city have employed laborers from vulnerable communities, such as newly arrived immigrants and people recently released from prison, to lower their labor …

City enlists unions in forceful push for Medicare plan

The city has given unions and, by extension, retirees an ultimatum regarding health coverage: Get the City Council to pass legislation allowing the city to charge most retirees for continued …

Cleaners at Montefiore Hospital sue over unpaid overtime

Cleaners at Montefiore Medical Center alleging that they were cheated out of overtime pay for years have filed a federal class action suit.  The cleaners, Danny Ramirez Cruz Guerrero (referred …

In another step towards parity for Staten Island Ferry engineers, the City Comptroller’s office determined in a preliminary decision that the marine engineers should be paid wages comparable to …

Deliveristas campaign for $30 wage

App-based delivery workers organizing with Los Deliveristas Unidos rallied on Thursday to call on the city to set their minimum wage at $30 an hour. The Department of Consumer and Worker …

Kavanagh named FDNY commissioner

After eight months in an acting capacity and a nationwide candidate search lasting nearly that long, Laura Kavanagh was permanently appointed FDNY commissioner by Mayor Eric Adams …

After receiving pushback from staff represented by the Association of Legislative Employees, City Council leadership informed employees on Thursday that they were scrapping a plan that would have …

PBA, others critical of plan to increase police on subways

Police union leaders and others have pilloried the plan to redeploy officers in and around subway stations to combat rising crime underground as unworkable and politically motivated.  The plan, …

Judge rules for sanitation workers in vaccination fight

A judge has found that the city unlawfully terminated 16 Department of Sanitation employees for their refusals to get the Covid vaccine. “The vaccination mandate for City employees was not …

In the heat of moments

Every day, more fires in the South Bronx. And every day, when Jill Freedman drove up to the firehouse, two cameras strapped to the short blonde curls falling on her neck, she got the same answer: …

City unions bargaining for work-from-home rights

Since starting his term, Mayor Eric Adams has insisted that city workers come into the office every day even as city employees have repeatedly asked for a work-from-home option and vacancies in the …

NY nurses grow contract campaign

The New York State Nurses Association is ramping up its efforts to campaign for fair contracts for about 30,000 nurses across the state. The union held a rally outside of New York-Presbyterian …

When workers own the place

On a recent Friday afternoon, the employees of Astor Wines & Spirits were working at full speed. Among the dizzying number of bottles piled up under the high red-brick ceiling of the historic De …

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