When a memorial service for Firefighters Michael Boyle and David Arce, best friends from their childhoods in Westbury, L.I. to their deaths during the Sept. 11 rescue efforts, was held on Nov. 5, 2001, Michael’s father, Jimmy Boyle, arranged for it to be at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, with Mayo…
Head Start Teachers and other staff members have ratified a contract that boosts their pay by almost $13,000 and allows certified day-care Tea…
The Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice indicted by a Federal grand jury for allegedly covering up the theft of millions of dollars from the Munici…
School suspensions and removals declined by almost 10 percent during the past academic year, according to Department of Education data release…
The Federal monitor charged with overseeing reforms at the Housing Authority in a Nov. 1 report praised the agency for its progress in elimina…
Service Employees International Union Local 1199 was among the advocates at a hearing on proposed legislation within the City Council that wou…
More than 6,000 members of District Council 37 spread over 13 locals and 26 titles will have their pay or benefits upgraded using $12.6 millio…
While Mayor de Blasio, who was befriended by then-Uniformed Firefighters Association President Jimmy Boyle when he was a young aide to Mayor D…
The high levels of violence and increasing use of force at Horizon Juvenile Center, which houses 16- and 17-year old offenders, highlight a “c…
The rumble of a crowd of 8,000 Transport Workers Union Local 100 members echoed through the canyons of lower Manhattan at the union’s Oct. 30 …
Some faculty at the City University of New York believe that the tentative contract agreement announced late last month by the Professional St…
The United Federation of Teachers and the Department of Education’s World Trade Center health-awareness program, aimed at reaching nearly 20,0…
The State of New York needs to protect Federal workers in the event of another U.S. Government shutdown like the one that began last Dec. 22 a…
After 10 days on strike, Chicago Teachers Union delegates voted Oct. 30 to approve a tentative contract agreement that addressed overcrowded c…
Among those paying tribute to former Uniformed Firefighters Association President Jimmy Boyle following his death Oct. 27 was Rudy Giuliani, i…
City police unions and their allies have engaged in a concerted effort to defeat a ballot question that if approved by voters Nov. 5 would giv…
A pair of incidents in the subway system on the same day in late October drew pronounced criticism of police tactics from elected officials.
