After five guns were found in city public schools over two days, Mayor de Blasio announced Oct. 25 that there will be an increase in random scanning—but the leader of the union representing School …

Eric Adams, the overwhelming favorite to be elected Mayor Nov. 2, is hoping to give the test that determines admissions to the city’s gifted-and-talented program to all students rather than having …

A long-sought inquest into Eric Garner’s death will start Monday, more than seven years after the Staten Island man’s fateful confrontation with NYPD officers.  The summary inquiry, pressed …

Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro used the FDNY’s first in-person officers’ promotion ceremony since the start of the pandemic to call upon the department’s leadership Oct. 20 to promote a culture …

Mayor de Blasio announced Oct. 21 the establishment of a new pay-equity cabinet that will explore ways to close race- and gender-based wage disparities among city employees starting next …

A contract deal between the union representing off-camera movie-industry employees from camera operators to writers' assistants and the Hollywood studios that offers significant improvements in both …

Eddie Lee Mays, convicted in 1962 of capital murder for shooting and killing 31-year-old Maria Marini while he robbed patrons inside Harlem's Friendly Tavern a year earlier, is the last person to …

“About 90 percent of the Agents don’t want to go under the Department of Education,” said Harold Wise, a Level III School Safety Agent who has worked in city public schools for 20 years. The …

The pandemic, a staffing shortage and fiscal problems exacerbated by then-President Donald Trump's decision to deny emergency Federal aid to cities and states resulted in dirtier streets and a major …

The morning after the United Federation of Teachers Delegate Assembly delivered its mayoral endorsement to Eric Adams—who four months earlier had been one of two candidates the union advised its …