The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is being accused by current and former workers of employing an “on-call” policy that is oppressive and unfair. Several of …
Women make up roughly half of U.S. labor union membership, but representation in top level union leadership positions has lagged, even in female-dominated industries and particularly for women of …
The head of the union representing more than 1,100 officers with several state agencies, including the New York State University Police, has called Governor Kathy Hochul’s veto of a bill that would …
Overall crime citywide again dropped in September, marking the ninth straight month of decreases, police officials said. Killings, robberies, burglaries and car thefts were all down from a year ago, …
A doorman at an Upper West Side building has been indicted for allegedly stealing more than $477,000 from a retired city public school teacher and her husband, the Manhattan District Attorney’s …
A group of rank-and-file lifeguards has filed charges against the longtime president of the lifeguard supervisors union and other union officers in the workers’ latest bid to curb the power of …
In late August, the state Department of Health delivered a staffing deficiency report to hospital administrators at Albany Medical Center, giving them 45 days to collaborate with nurses to come up …
A former city correction officer conspired to smuggle narcotics, chicken wings and other contraband into a Rikers Island jail in exchange for cash payments from inmates, federal authorities said. …
Laborers and ironworkers building a 266,000-square-foot studio space on Manhattan’s Far West Side are working in unsafe conditions, aren’t making a prevailing wage and don’t have union …
Mohamed Alshami, a campus peace officer at CUNY, is challenging the longtime president of Teamsters Local 237, Gregory Floyd, in the union’s upcoming election. Local 237 represents about 24,000 …
Four current and former employees at a Brooklyn juvenile detention center have pleaded guilty to accepting bribes in exchange for smuggling in alcohol, razor blades and other contraband into the …
College assistants, custodians and other non-pedagogical employees at the City University of New York are growing increasingly frustrated as they await agreed-to raises and retroactive payments more …
State and local legislators must pass regulations aimed at protecting New Yorkers laboring outdoors from threats — including extreme heat — posed by climate change, a report released by city …
Roberta Gonzalez made $5,200 a year when she came to work for the city in 1973, as a clerk with what was then the Department of Health, Hospitals, and Sanitation. As the city’s fiscal picture grew …
Citing a “significant and continuing national-level safety risk,” federal transportation officials have directed transit agencies to assess how well their workers are protected against …
A federal judge has certified litigation brought by two dozen members of FDNY EMS and their unions as a class action discrimination suit covering all EMS workers, from EMTs to division commanders, …
FDNY officials’ September 2021 approval of a Turkish diplomatic building’s fire alarm and fire suppression systems sits center stage in the indictment of Mayor Eric Adams unsealed by federal …
Employer contributions to the state’s public pension system will increase starting next fiscal year. So of course will taxpayers’ obligations. State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli earlier …
Following revelations that Dr. Jay Varma, the city’s Covid czar during the de Blasio administration, attended sex parties during the height of the pandemic, members of the City Council called on …
A city Sanitation Department worker was killed Saturday evening when he slipped from the garbage truck in which he was riding and was run over by the vehicle's wheels. Richard Errico, 54, a 19-year …
Building cleaners and their union, 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, are continuing their fight against a cleaning contractor they say has undermined labor standards by cutting the …
Trader Joe’s managers and supervisors violated labor law in the lead up to last year’s union election at the supermarket chain’s downtown location, the National Labor Relations Board's …
Even as he contends with investigations, legal challenges and top-level staff departures, Mayor Eric Adams’ road to re-election is looking increasingly bumpy, with the number of challengers for the …
The head of the NYPD sergeants’ union says the city’s latest contract offer is significantly unfair given that its pay scale in many cases provides newly promoted sergeants a lower salary than …
A shortage of inspectors has resulted in a 17-percent drop in the number of restaurants inspected over the last fiscal year, according to the recently published Mayor’s Management Report. During …