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Short of Council support, retirees vow to prevail on Medicare issue

City Council legislation that would preserve municipal retirees’ health benefits has so far found little traction, but advocates have vowed to persist in their effort to defeat the Adams administration’s plan to switch the former city workers into...
Almost a year after taking a near-unanimous vote to unionize with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, workers at the off-Broadway Atlantic Theater Company are ratcheting up pressure on management and threatening to strike if...
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A former city correction officer who conspired to smuggle narcotics, food and other contraband into a Rikers Island jail in exchange for cash payments from inmates has pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges. Ghislaine Barrientos, of Mount...
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With the congestion pricing program south of 60th street in Manhattan kicking off Sunday, the head of a union representing FDNY EMS employees is advising his members who work at three stations within the tolling areas to request transfers out of...
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President Joe Biden signed legislation Sunday that will ensure around 2.5 million public sector workers reap the entirety of their Social Security benefits. The Social Security Fairness Act eliminates the Windfall Elimination Provision, and the...
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When Firefighter Brendan Gaffney arrived with the rest of Ladder Company 36 to the lobby of an Inwood building that had caught fire from an exploding lithium-ion battery, he was informed by residents in the building’s lobby that there were people...
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A building services company has agreed to cancel existing no-poach agreements and to refrain from entering any new ones after a joint investigation by the attorneys general of New York and New Jersey. The probe by New York Attorney General...
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NYPD graduates 625 'Finest'
The NYPD graduated 625 new officers Tuesday in a Tuesday ceremony at Madison Square Garden following their six-month stint at the Police Academy. A quarter of the class is female. Of the newly minted cops, 145 come from 35 different countries...
Public hospital doctors postpone strike as talks resume
Doctors at four hospitals within the city’s public hospital system have agreed to temporarily postpone an unfair labor practice strike that was set to start Jan. 13.  Last month, physicians at Jacobi Medical...
Overall crime again dropped citywide in 2024
The fatal stabbing of three persons in broad daylight. The immolation of a woman in a subway car. The execution-style shooting death of a CEO outside a Midtown hotel. Those high profile murders and other violent crimes had residents on edge in...
James recuses AG's office from investigation into prisoner's death
Citing the possible appearance of a conflict, the state attorney general’s office has recused itself from the investigation into the death of Robert Brooks, the prisoner who died after enduring a severe beating by state correctional officers last...
Ferraiuolo, head of city correction captains union, departs
Patrick Ferraiuolo has done his time. After nearly 43 years with the city’s Department of Correction, the last 15 as president of the Correction Captains Association, Ferraiuolo is leaving his post. The union leader, whose last full term was...
NYC delays the most workers’ comp claims in the state FREE
This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here After his second debilitating injury at work, Derrick Baker decided it was time to retire. Baker...
WTC health care funding left out of budget deal
In mid-December, New York Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced a long-sought triumph for 9/11 first responders: they had secured funding for the World Trade Center Health Program through 2040 in a proposed bipartisan budget deal. The...
Nurses union demands enforcement of safe-staffing laws
Despite safe staffing laws enacted by the state in recent years, a recent study from the New York State Nurses Association found that just a third of surveyed hospitals complied with the state’s mandate to publicly post staffing plans in all...
Lackhan wins clerical union’s runoff election FREE
Anthony Lackhan of the Members In Charge slate narrowly won the race for president at District Council 37’s Local 1549 in the union’s recent runoff. After none of the four candidates for president earned the majority of votes required to win...
289 join FDNY's Bravest FREE
Before he began his 18-week stint at the FDNY’s probationary firefighter academy, Dylan DiLevo, he says, jokingly told his wife that he had a planned to be the valedictorian of his academy class. But halfway through the course, DiLevo found out...
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Letters to the Editor
To the editor: Plenty of attention has been given lately to the inhumane denial of health care coverage by private insurance companies. But according to a recent page 1 story in The Chief, self-insurer New York City is worse (“NYC delays the most...
To the editor: With Jimmy Carter’s passing, our nation and the world are rightfully reflecting upon his legacy.  A thoroughly decent and honest man, Carter did all he could to support his fellow man from building shelter to curing disease....
In his recent letter, Joseph Cannisi writes that he has “seen more roads resurfaced, repaired and rebuilt in the last three years than in the previous 30 years, combined.” He also notes that he “saved a bundle” on his home’s HVAC system and that...
To the editor: In 1905, George Santayana wrote “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” This advice is especially important and relevant in the new year when, in a few weeks, a traitor who incited an insurrection to steal...
To the editor: A recent letter asks a simple question, “why can't we all get along?” (“Divided we fall,” The Chief, Dec. 27). The answer is very simple and here are a few examples of why: 1. Donald Trump agrees to change his rental practices in...
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Tyranny, equity and blueberry pastry

It could have cost my waiter his job.  But he kept his eye on the prize of his means of subsistence and held his tongue during management's reprimand for his forgetting to charge me an extra couple of bucks for a two-inch blueberry pastry...

From the red carpet to the green mile

Why are some individuals smitten with murderers like Ted Bundy and Jodi Arias? And why are killers like Bonnie and Clyde thought of as folk heroes? Hybristophilia is a disorder where a person is attracted to others because of their crimes or...

Jessica Tisch is taking on the dirty work FREE

Desperate times call for desperate measures.  Mayor Eric Adams’ recent appointment of Jessica Tisch as police commissioner is reminiscent of another troubled New York City mayor’s gambit to save his political career. In December 1928, Mayor...
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Important changes for the 2024 tax-filing season: Part 2 FREE

The IRS has made a variety of other changes that may affect your tax liability for tax year 2024. Here’s a detailed look at these adjustments: • New capital gain tax threshold. Capital gains taxes are levied on the sale of capital assets, such...

Important changes for the 2024 tax-filing season: Part 1 FREE

In response to inflation, The IRS has adjusted marginal tax brackets and the standard deduction for 2024. As a result of the changes, many Americans will be able to keep more of their 2024 income. Other big changes include increases to the...

Happy new tax year!

First and foremost, I want to wish all my readers a happy and peaceful New Year. Your emails and calls are appreciated. It’s that time of year again. The income-tax-filing season has begun and important documents should be arriving in the mail....
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