Pending the result of a lawsuit challenging an executive order from President Trump curtailing collective bargaining rights for federal employees, a U.S. District judge has approved a preliminary injunction halting federal agencies from complying...
The United Federation of Teachers has endorsed Zohran Mamdani for mayor after deciding not to endorse any candidates in last month’s primary election. The UFT’s delegate assembly, which is the union’s highest decision-making body, voted to...
Dozens of American unions and civil society groups have a “deep concern” about the of the impact of the Trump administration’s immigration policies on FIFA’s ongoing Club World Cup and the 2026 Men’s World Cup. Millions of soccer fans from dozens...
Since Zohran Mamdani’s decisive upset victory in the Democratic primary last month, a slew of unions have thrown their support behind his bid to become New York City mayor. Among those backing the 33-year-old Queens assembly member in...
Advocates penned a letter to Mayor Eric Adams urging him to reinstate municipal workers who were fired over refusing to get the Covid vaccine. Thousands of city workers were fired for refusing to comply with the Covid vaccine mandate in February...
With $2.5 million in extra funding included in the Fiscal Year 2026 budget, city lawmakers have ended the threat of impending layoffs at the Brooklyn Museum, five months after workers initially learned of planned cuts. After being informed by...
Violent crime in New York City through the first half of the year has dropped compared with 2024, with murders down 23 percent and shootings and shooting victims dropping to record lows, according to the NYPD. Reported rapes, though,...
The city has approved $1 million in funding to launch a pilot “Wellness & Peer Support Program” for EMS workers in the five boroughs. The funding included in the fiscal year 2026 budget, which was finalized at the end of June by the City...
State legislators have passed a bill that would bar the Metropolitan Transportation Authority from operating subways without a conductor. Although most of the city’s subway lines have both an operator and a conductor, the MTA uses One-Person...
A strike being staged by nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia entered its second day Wednesday as a judge ordered some emergency service dispatchers and essential water department employees to return to work. Common Pleas Court Judge Sierra...
Pete Rodriguez didn’t sleep well. When he woke up for work at 6 a.m. on that Tuesday, he had a bagel, a banana and an iced tea. Rodriguez doesn’t usually eat much of anything for breakfast. But this day was different — he was retiring after 45...
Unionized workers at the Legal Aid Society have voted for the first time in 30 years to authorize a strike. With 91 percent support and 99 percent of the bargaining unit participating in the vote, over 1,100 workers have sent the signal that they...
Members of Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ and Unite Here! Local 100 joined Governor Kathy Hochul to celebrate the recent expansion of the Healthy Terminals Act, which will provide healthcare and paid leave for airport...
A New York man on Monday was sentenced to serve 25 years to life in prison for the fatal stabbing of a veteran emergency worker in 2022. Peter Zisopoulos, 37, was convicted in May of second-degree murder for killing Lt. Alison Russo-Elling, then...
Researchers at the city and state’s public universities affected by cuts to federal grant funding urged state congressional leaders to oppose further cuts to research funding proposed in President Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill.’ Members of the...
Federal workers fed up with Immigration and Customs Enforcement detaining immigrants in federal buildings gathered in three cities on Thursday to protest what one union leader called “extrajudicial kidnappings.” The rallies in New York City,...
Street vendors who run afoul of city regulations will no longer receive criminal summonses but will instead be liable for fines of up to $1,000, depending on the infraction, according to a City Council bill passed Monday. Queens...
As the use of artificial technology technologies expands, members of the City Council questioned how AI will impact city workers during a recent hearing. With automation presenting a threat to jobs across the nation in a wide range of industries,...
Uber and Lyft drivers in the city must now be given a 72-hour notice before they are “locked out” of the companies’ apps. The city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission on Wednesday approved amendments to its rules that require the rides-share companies...
With Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the Democratic primary for Mayor all but certain following former Governor Andrew Cuomo’s concession of the race, unions are taking stock of what was to many an unforeseen upset. Most...
Farmers, cattle ranchers and hotel and restaurant managers breathed a sigh of relief in mid-June when President Donald Trump ordered a pause to immigration raids that were disrupting those industries and scaring foreign-born workers off the...
Seventy retired New York City public employees collected at least $200,000 in pension benefits last year, growing significantly from 2019, according to data compiled by the Empire Center. The nonpartisan think tank analyzed data from the New York...
FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker went off-script during his remarks at a graduation ceremony for firefighter cadets last month. Eschewing his prepared speech, Tucker explained to the 82 fire cadets and their families why none of them would be...
The city’s ride-share drivers and their union are making a renewed push for legislation that would make it more difficult for the apps to deactivate the drivers’ accounts. The City Council bill would prohibit the rideshare companies,...
Members of the United Federation of Teachers and elected officials demanded that City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams schedule a hearing on proposed legislation that would provide paraprofessionals with annual payments of at least...
