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FDNY unions sound alarm on looming budget cuts

FDNY union leadership are uneasy about Mayor Adams’ recently announced directive compelling city agencies to cut their budgets by 8 percent within two years. Oren Barzilay, the president of …

For unionizing workers, customer support is key

“It definitely is a frustrating aspect of our jobs — that Starbucks is marketing themselves as being an ethical company while we’re being pretty ruthlessly exploited,” said Jacob Welsh, a …

Farmworkers could get OT after 40 hours — starting in 10 years

Farmworkers in New York State will have their overtime thresholds incrementally reduced from 60 hours to 40 hours over a decade should Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon sign off on recommendations …

City Council will have key say on Medicare plan

The Adams administration has enlisted the City Council in its so-far frustrated bid to switch retirees to a cost-saving Medicare Advantage plan. 

Adams: City departments must cut budgets

Mayor Eric Adams has ordered city agencies to slash their budgets by nearly 8 percent over the next two years — three days after the City Council held a hearing about the city’s difficulties …

A bill making its way through the City Council has split the ranks of Local 1199 of the Service Employees International Union, with union officials criticizing the legislation and rank-and-file …

Schools adding 850 safety agents

Mayor Eric Adams and the city schools chancellor announced plans to train 650 school safety agents throughout the coming school year — and a possible pathway for safety agents and other civilian …

Catsimatidis-owned firm must offer to rehire workers

Workers at a John Catsimatidis-owned oil company who were fired after they went on strike last year must be offered their jobs back, according to a settlement between the firm and the National Labor …

TWU opposes bill that would ban Central Park horse carriages

Martin Vazquez, 39, held out his hand out for his wife Sofia, 37, as she stepped out of a pedicab on Central Park South on Labor Day. The married couple of eight years consciously chose for their …

We’re number one. Amid a recent wave of organizing campaigns across the country, New York City had the highest rate of newly-unionized private-sector workers, according to a recent report.Between …

Former NYPD cop sentenced to 10 years for Jan. 6 assault

A former NYPD cop was sentenced this week to 10 years in prison for striking a Washington, D.C., police officer with a flagpole during the violent Jan. 6 takeover of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of …

After 4 decades on The Job, detective bids adieu to NYPD

Much has changed since Frank Ciccone joined the ranks of what was then the New York City Housing Authority Police Department. Call them the bad old days. Despite recent headlines suggesting …

NYPD cops sue city over vax exemption process

A number of NYPD officers are suing the city, claiming that officials’ responses to their requests for religious exemptions from the vaccine mandate were a sham. The suits, filed in Manhattan …

The city is moving to terminate more than 1,000 educators and dozens of firefighters who have failed to comply with coronavirus vaccine requirements.About 1,300 unvaccinated public-school employees …

CUNY facing a sharp decline in security officers

The City University of New York has seen a 40 percent reduction in campus peace officers and campus security assistants, leaving campuses vulnerable. Prior to the pandemic, CUNY staffed about …

S.I. Ferry engineers deserve big raises, judge finds

Staten Island Ferry engineers should be getting paid the same as mariners working similar jobs on open-sea cargo vessels, according to findings by an administrative law judge, a decision that could …

He was lauded for his performance as a union delivery truck driver turned mob hitman in Martin Scorsese’s 2019 period epic, “The Irishman.” But Robert De Niro is getting no plaudits from …

Despite ever-increasing demand for mental-health services in city public schools, more than a quarter do not have a social worker on staff, the state comptroller’s office has found. Last fall, …

The city is launching a training initiative that will provide opportunities for low-income residents in long-term careers in the construction and industrial sectors.The program, called the New York …

9/11 ‘presumption’ deadline is Sept. 11

Four years ago, about 59,000 people who spent time at ground zero following the September 11 attacks were living with illnesses, disorders and injuries attributable to toxins released by the collapse …

MTA division approves contract

Following prolonged negotiations and, in May, a public denunciation of the MTA’s negotiation process, workers in the MTA’s Career and Salary Division have a new contract. The new deal, which …

Nurses begin campaign for raises, safe-staffing

The collective-bargaining agreements for about 30,000 nurses across the state are set to expire between Dec. 31 and next March.

PSC urges CUNY to stop class cancellations

Classes with low enrollment are at risk of being canceled at a number of campuses within the City University of New York, putting students' academic progress and faculty jobs in jeopardy, according …

NYPD unions want cops rehired

Noting both the spike in crime citywide and relaxed Covid guidelines from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NYPD unions are urging Mayor Eric Adams to rehire cops who were fired …

Mediation on deck for ferry workers

The contract entanglement between the crews that run the Staten Island Ferry and the city could be closer to resolution following the acceptance by the mariners’ union of Mayor Eric Adams’ offer …

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