William Klobus, a FDNY fire protection inspector, passed away on the afternoon of Oct. 3 while inspecting a building at 90-01 Queens Boulevard. Klobus, who was 81, was possibly the oldest member of …
The National Labor Relations Board is calling for increased funding from the Biden administration after it saw a 53 percent increase in union-election petitions filed during the last fiscal year …
In January, the New York City Employees’ Retirement System added a pension option to its application for retirement and disability benefits. The new option, now the first of four listed on …
While killings and shootings citywide dipped through the end of summer compared to last year, in some neighborhoods significantly, overall crime remains well above what it was before the pandemic …
A luxury real estate developer will pay $3 million for failing to pay prevailing wages to employees at two properties in the city, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Oct. 6. Although …
Organizing that began with just a handful of Guatemalan delivery workers in Bensonhurst reached a new milestone last week when Mayor Eric Adams and Senator Chuck Schumer announced they had secured a …
When she enrolled at the University of Michigan, Shalca Nelson, like tens of millions of other Americans, took out thousands of dollars in student loans to help pay her way through. Nelson’s …
“It seems every time there’s a group of folks that are primarily black and brown, especially if they are women, they have to fight for fair wages. That ain’t right,” Public Advocate Jumaane …
On a cool, wet and windy early fall morning, the city bid goodbye to one of its longtime servants. FDNY emergency medical service Lieutenant Alison Russo-Elling, killed late last month in a …
Despite an intense lobbying effort by farm owners and their advocates, State Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon last week signed off on provisions that will incrementally lower overtime thresholds …
“I’ve always been interested in nursing, even as a little girl. My grandparents would buy me stethoscopes,” said Ruth Caballero, a visiting nurse who was honored by the Municipal Credit Union …
Struggling taxi drivers have gotten $225 million in debt relief over the last two weeks, but thousands more loans have yet to be refinanced after a cabbie debt crisis, officials and advocates said …
If a federal appeals court overturns New York City’s just-cause protections for fast-food workers, it would “undermine future efforts to protect workers,” a coalition of 15 attorneys general …
Martin (Marty) L. Strongin, responsible for advertising sales at The Chief and a longtime account executive for several newspaper companies in New York City and elsewhere, passed away Sept. 23. An …
After a September City Council hearing revealed that a staggering 8 percent of city agencies’ positions were vacant, city officials have been looking for ways to help the city's workforce rebound …
Brooklyn Museum staffers voted to unionize in the summer of 2021. They have been in discussions on an initial contract since January. And, they say, that doesn’t add up to a pretty picture. On …
(Corrections appended) An on-duty FDNY Emergency Medical Service lieutenant was stabbed to death this afternoon about a block and half from her Astoria station house in a vicious, unprovoked attack, …
Members of the City Council have again spoken out against the Adams administration’s mandate that city employees must work in-person, citing concerns that the policy is harmful to workers with …
Taxi and rideshare drivers, sometimes bitter competitors for passengers since the latter arrived en masse on the city’s avenues a decade or so ago, find themselves on the same side fighting against …
Five years and half years after the incident that killed Emergency Medical Technician Yadira Arroyo, the man held responsible has been declared fit to stand trial and will face murder and other …
(Updated Sept. 27 to include new developments) A judge last week ordered the reinstatement of members of the Police Benevolent Association who were fired or put on leave for not complying with the city’s Covid vaccine mandates. While …
By last July, firefighter Anita Daniel had filed so many unsuccessful claims with the FDNY’s Equal Employment Opportunity Office for mistreatment that when a captain...
Although the salaries of 95 percent of New York City’s municipal workers are collectively-bargained, there are still glaring inequities within some civil-service titles, according to a recent City …
Following a federal judge’s certification of a class-action complaint brought by FDNY fire protection inspectors regarding salaries, the inspectors and labor leaders are now calling for more …
Inmates in city jails could soon have the opportunity to apply for civil-service jobs.Legislation sponsored by Speaker Adrienne Adams would require the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, …
