MARCH 13, 2024

EMS class-action discrimination suit moves forward

Members of the FDNY’s emergency medical services bureau and their unions have been given the green light to pursue a class-action lawsuit against New York City and the fire department over claims … MORE

City, labor, private firm will partner on working-class housing

A month after a report concluded the city’s housing vacancy rate had dropped to a historic low, the Adams administration announced it would partner with a construction union and a real estate firm … MORE

DC 37 retirees say they’ll fight takeover

District Council 37 retirees have called the decision by the international union to place their association under administratorship a “scam,” insisting that the group’s resistance to a planned … MORE

FDNY will not investigate firefighters who booed James

When FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh took the stage at an FDNY promotional ceremony at the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn in February 2023, she was met with a chorus of boos from the … MORE

PBA appeals approval of protest settlement

The city’s largest police union remains convinced that it should have a say in how the NYPD responds to protests. The Police Benevolent Association said Wednesday that it is appealing a … MORE

Nonprofit human services workers push for parity

Nonprofit organizations and elected officials rallied in Albany Monday to push for legislation that would enact a higher cost-of-living adjustment for human services workers and also establish a wage … MORE

OPINION

Where's the beef?

Trial balloons serve a purpose, especially when they're shot down. They give policy strategists in government and private industry a preemptive leg up on public and consumer outrage, which helps them … MORE

Hochul’s ludicrous subway mission

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has ordered the immediate deployment of the National Guard troops and State Police troopers into the subway system to reduce crime. Apparently, she did not check with … MORE

LETTERS

Break EMS’s pattern

To the editor: It's mind-boggling that the FDNY emergency medical technicians and medics and their unions have been pushed to file suit to get what they deserve following the decades-long inaction of … MORE

A guy named me

To the editor: On March 9, Donald Trump held another unhinged rally in Rome, Georgia. Speaking to his throng, he told them that law enforcement is being weaponized against “Joe Biden’s top and … MORE

Stupid as stupid does

To the editor: A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals made the obvious ruling, that a president is not immune from prosecution for crimes committed while he was in office. After all, if a … MORE

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