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The affordability waltz plays on in New York City

Over the last year, median rent in New York City has climbed more than 22 percent. City housing had already hit an affordability crisis before the pandemic. How the U.S. “managed” the coronavirus …

AFL-CIO's Shuler: Time to tear down cops' 'blue wall'

Amplifying her contention soon after taking office last August that policing as a profession was "broken," AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler said in a podcast that aired March 9 that if cops who were …

NYPD’s anti-crime teams return to city streets

With renewed mission and a profile makeover, the NYPD’s reconstituted anti-crime units have returned to city streets to combat spikes in violent crime driven by what officials have said is a …

After decades, a time to move on

My first inkling that strong convictions were not necessarily conducive to longevity in the newspaper business came in 1979, working for a chain of Brooklyn weeklies known as Courier-Life. I had …

Schools’ mask mandate could be lifted March 7

Barring a surge in coronavirus cases, Mayor Adams was expected to announce March 4 the lifting of the mask mandate in city public schools. Should he do so, students and staff would enter school …

Union activists arrested in Staten Island

A day after the leader of the Amazon Labor Union was arrested Feb. 23 for charges including trespassing at Amazon's JFK8 facility in Staten Island, the group filed an unfair-labor-practice charge …

First Paycheck Missing for 300 CUNY Adjuncts Due to Technical Glitch

More than 300 adjuncts at the City University of New York did not receive their first paycheck for the spring semester due to a technical problem, according to a union representative and …

City Hall Expands Summer-Youth Program to Offer 100,000 Jobs

Mayor Adams and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams have reached an agreement to fund a universal Summer Youth Employment Program that will offer 100,000 jobs to those aged 14-to-24. Under the …

Labor Around the Nation

Mediation Next Stop For Rail Carriers and Unions Contract talks between a group of labor unions that represents about 100,000 railroad workers and several rail carriers have reached an impasse …

Female COs Ask Albany To Curb Sex Harassment

City female correction officers are hopeful that recently introduced state legislation will provide a measure of deterrence and reduce incidents of sexual harassment and other crimes by …

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