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Following a citywide hearing on artificial intelligence on Oct. 5, New York City lawmakers are weighing how to regulate a technology that could reshape the workforce and deepen existing inequalities. In a follow-up interview with The Chief, City...
New York City recorded historic lows in shootings and murders through September, but assaults on police officers and other public-sector workers rose nearly 8 percent, highlighting a persistent workplace safety concern even as Mayor Zohran Mamdani...
Consumers, workers, tenants, small-business owners and advocates rallied outside City Hall Thursday in support of legislation that would expand New York City’s protections against unfair business practices and give individuals new ways to hold...
For the first time in over a decade, the city has begun a comprehensive audit of dependents on city employee and retiree healthcare plans. The Dependent Eligibility Verification Audit administered by the city’s Office of Labor Relations aims...
New York City is moving from warning about the disruptive potential of artificial intelligence to building a more concrete strategy for regulating how the technology affects workers and consumers. The shift comes as AI faces growing scrutiny...
Workers who grow, process, transport and serve food face some of the highest rates of workplace abuse, wage theft, forced labor, injury and death in the global food system, according to a new report from the International Panel of Experts on...
Retiree advocates are frustrated by what they say is District Council 37’s reluctance to help retirees apply for their share of a $53 million settlement covering 250,000 public-sector retirees enrolled in EmblemHealth’s GHI Senior Care. The...
The city will form a task force filled with key leaders of municipal unions to study and recommend in-house and legislative changes to the city’s antiquated civil service system in order to speed up hiring for city jobs, Mayor Zohran Mamdani...
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To the editor: In 2021, Judge Lyle Frank calling the defunct Medicare Advantage enrollment process “irrational.” The New York City Organization of Public Service Retirees called it a “rushed schedule” replete with “incomplete, erroneous, or...
To the editor: With the spotlight on the alleged gang rape of a Cornell student and the voluntary intoxication loophole that hindered the prosecution of those accused of attacking her, more attention is now being given to why the New York State...
To the editor: Politicians running for office around the country are trying to figure out what is the cause of Zohran Mamdani’s success as a political novice. The political pundits point out factors including the intense focus on...
A common axiom says that if two different language speakers are stranded together, the smarter one will learn the other’s language. The moral being that intelligence and adaptability are necessary for survival. However, this adage has...
To the editor: The city's latest ambulance response-time figures demonstrate why EMS workforce policy and operational performance cannot be considered separately...
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Nelson Vandermeer voted Republican for decades but balked at supporting President Donald Trump, fearing that the Republican's plan for tariffs on imports would hurt workers more than help. Last year, Vandermeer's premonition came true in a very...
Bos has two daughters, with a third due in January. At the grocery store, five items cost as much as a full cart once did. And last week, Bos and nearly 1,400 other people were laid off from their jobs at what had been the Navistar truck factory...
The city is hiring school safety agents at current minimum salary is $40,480, rising to $58,345 per at the completion of five years. THE JOB: School Safety Agents patrol designated areas of school buildings and surrounding areas; identify and prevent infiltration of unlawful or prohibited items through scanning. Give routine information to visitors and direct them to the proper personnel and offices; request identification of, and remove from the premises, any unauthorized persons; aid sick and injured persons
The city is seeking customer information representatives at a starting salary of $43,477 per year. THE JOB: Provide customer service utilizing computer databases and information technology to access information required for responses, and oversee customer service work; record, track, respond to, and resolve telephone, email and/or walk-in inquiries...
The Department of Education is hiring physical therapists at a starting salary of $85,605. THE JOB: Physical Therapists (DOE) administer professional and responsible physical therapy services to students with disabilities which may include the utilization of computer systems in connection with assignments...
The New York City Police Department is seeking applications for criminalists to work in the Forensic Investigations Unit with a posted salary range of $60,269.00 – $75,955.00 THE JOB: The Crime Scene Unit is a sub-unit within the Forensic Investigations Unit. The role of the unit is to search for, identify, document, process, collect and forward the forensic evidence for examination to support the ongoing investigations within the Criminal Justice System...
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The Department of Citywide Administrative Services has certified sections of the eligible lists below for appointments and promotions in city agencies, subject to the 1-in-3 rule. Some of the appointments and promotions may have already been...
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Updated Sept. 14, 2026 — Title code: 80609, total 175 candidates. See more lists at TheChief.org/Lists The Department of Citywide administrative Services (DCAS) of New York The hiring list for Exam # 6041. Readers should note that eligible...
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Many people have experienced it: an unexpected illness or injury disrupts the day, or routine bloodwork gets pushed further down the to-do list. Today, people have more choices than ever for receiving routine care … But different care settings come with different price tags. For example, research consistently shows that hospital outpatient departments charge more due to facility fees, even when the quality of care is the same.
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For Anthem members in New York, these tools and resources can help people find the right care, in the right place, at the right time, resulting in lower costs, fewer surprises, and care that feels easier to navigate...
