Five NYPD employees and a city Correction Department captain were among 19 people charged in a federal complaint unsealed Wednesday with submitting fraudulent applications for funds intended to help …
The mass shooting Nov. 22 at a Walmart in Virginia was only the latest example of a workplace shooting perpetrated by an employee. But while many companies provide active shooter training, experts …
Mayor Eric Adams on Monday signed into law a package of bills intended to diversify the FDNY, the nation’s largest fire department, and better reflect the demographics of the city it serves. The …
In anticipation of reopening bathrooms in eight subway stations next year, the MTA is in the process of hiring more than 800 new cleaners to service stations and train cars throughout the system, …
Victory might have come by a thinner margin than expected earlier in the campaign, but Kathy Hochul’s election as the state’s first female governor nonetheless gave her a significant mandate.A …
“This isn’t a workforce shortage, it’s a wage shortage,” Inayat Sabhikhi, the national research and coalition manager at One Fair Wage, testified at a recent state Assembly hearing on New …
“I think the central focus for this campaign is competitive wages for everyone — that has to be the North Star.”
Despite pronounced opposition from some community groups, the City Council has approved a $2 billion redevelopment project that will bring apartments, shops, open and entertainment space to a …
An appeals court panel has sided with city retirees in their battle with Adams administration officials over a planned switch of their traditional Medicare health plan to a cost-saving, …
Nurses rallied last week at hospitals in the Bronx and in Yonkers to demand fair contracts and improved staffing ratios. Health care workers gathered outside of St. Joseph’s Medical Center in …
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, …
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 …
Little progress has been made between the city and the union representing Staten Island Ferry crews on a new contract. The two sides have engaged in sporadic talks regarding a first new contract …
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 …
A concerted effort to raise the state’s minimum wage kicked off Tuesday at City Hall where union workers and city politicians gathered to hear State Senator Jessica Ramos announce that she would be …
The third of three former NYPD officers accused of participating in a kickback scheme for nudging the owners of damaged vehicles to a tow-truck company owned by a former cop in exchange for cash …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The number of suspensions issued last school year has dropped from pre-pandemic levels, according to Department of Education data released last week. School officials handed out 25,117 suspensions …
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 …
Calling on management to address a multitude of issues, Starbucks workers rallied Thursday outside the company's flagship roastery store in lower Manhattan on the 17th day of their walkout.
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 …
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.
