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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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: …

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 …

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 …

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 …

“Everything we’ve done, especially over the last three years, we’ve earned our raise. We kept the school system afloat while so many people were at home,” said Michael Mulgrew, president of …

In a nearly unanimous vote, the New York City Council Oct. 12 passed a series of bills aimed at helping working parents by making child care more affordable and accessible. The average cost of child …

Home health care aides, who have been pushing for years to end 24-hour shifts, are now appealing to the federal government for help. This week, the National Center for Law and Economic Justice filed …

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 …

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 …

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 …