FDNY EMTs, paramedics and EMS officers are not being properly compensated for some of their work, and unions representing the FDNY employees will continue to sue the department and the city until the …
The city’s main correction union says jail officers cannot be compelled to speak with a federal monitor about violent incidents inside the lockups unless they are represented by union officials. …
Nearly three dozen former city labor officials are disputing current union leaders’ contention that pending City Council legislation that would keep municipal retirees’ existing health benefits …
Employers who deliberately short their workers on pay could now face larceny charges and stricter penalties, according to legislation signed into law this week by Governor Kathy Hochul. The bill, …
Ten educators who previously worked in city public schools and were terminated for refusing to get the coronavirus vaccine are entitled to religious exemptions and must be reinstated, a Staten Island …
FDNY Deputy Chief Jim Brosi was elected president of the Uniformed Fire Officers Association earlier this month, taking the helm of the union that represents the FDNY’s lieutenants, captains, …
Howard Safir, the former NYPD commissioner whose four-year tenure in the late 1990s included sharp declines in the city's murder tolls but also some of its most notorious episodes of police killings …
New York City's pension funds and the state of Oregon sued Fox Corporation on Tuesday, alleging the company harmed investors by allowing Fox News to broadcast falsehoods about the 2020 election that …
Workers in New York can no longer be disciplined for declining to attend so-called “captive audience” meetings, according to legislation signed by Kathy Hochul Wednesday. The governor also …
On a drizzly, overcast morning Monday, New Yorkers at ground zero in lower Manhattan recalled that crisp, clear late-summer morning 22 years ago with tolling bell, a moment of silence and quiet …
Fearful that residents will be deprived of crucial city services, leaders of municipal unions are calling on Mayor Eric Adams to dial back his call for across-the-board budget cuts he said were an …
It’s been just over a year since the 9/11 Tribute Museum in lower Manhattan permanently closed its doors after 16 years of educating visitors from around the world and providing walking tours of …
It's not just students dropping out: schools across the state are facing challenges attracting and retaining teachers. “Too often, when I look around in my school building during my lunch breaks, …
A 13-year wait for Staten Island Ferry workers is over. The union representing the roughly 120 mariners and the Adams administration carved out an unprecedented 16-year contract, the first such …
City retirees have won in court. They now want the City Council to back them in their bid to keep their existing health benefits. The organization driving the resistance to the Adams …
New York City's police department has agreed to adopt new policies intended to safeguard the rights of protesters as part of a legal settlement stemming from its response to the Black Lives Matter …
The establishment of unions at Starbucks locations, Amazon warehouses and Trader Joe’s grocery stores has drawn national attention in recent months. But quietly, recent unionization efforts among …
Workers at the Trader Joe’s on the Lower East Side who lost their bid to unionize following a tie vote in April are vying for a second chance to bargain collectively under a new standard handed …
Labor Day is here, along with the big sales and barbecues that come with it. But the activist roots of the holiday are especially visible this year as unions challenge how workers are treated — …
A candidate challenging the incumbent president of District Council 37’s Local 372 has raised concerns that the imminent rerun of the local’s officer election will have too few voting sites. On …
Life begins with labor, and it remains a constant. Without work in all its forms, with all its travails and triumphs, there is no existence. Artists know this and always have. Their profession, now …
FDNY fire protection inspectors have reached a $29.2 million settlement with the city as a result of a class-action racial discrimination lawsuit filed in 2020. According to the settlement’s terms, …
This story has been corrected to note that the city’s financial plan forecasts a budgeted officer headcount of 7,060, not 7,600. Insisting that the number of Department of Correction officers …
A former New Jersey corrections officer conned police officers, firefighters, EMTs and other first responders out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in a corrupt cryptocurrency scheme he parlayed …
Unions across the city and state are supporting Governor Kathy Hochul’s push for the Biden administration to expedite work authorizations for asylum seekers. In order to help the more than 100,000 …
