Citing an increased number of incidents coupled to poor safety practices in the city subway system, federal transportation authorities have directed the state’s Public Transportation Safety Board, …
Governor Kathy Hochul is reportedly considering exempting municipal employees from congestion pricing plan and implementing a lower toll than the previously proposed $15 fee, drawing praise from two …
Dozens of cleaners at Con Edison facilities throughout the city say the contractor who employs them is lowballing on salaries and are calling on the energy company to replace the Yonkers-based firm. …
Former President Donald Trump’s claims that undocumented immigrants are taking away jobs from Black workers hasn’t shown to be true in New York City, according to a recent analysis by the Center …
If you’re setting your sights on a comfortable retirement, you might want to consider a state gig in the health-care field. According to data compiled by the Empire Center, nine of the 10 …
When you’re racing around the city in an ambulance saving lives on a 12-hour shift, there’s typically little downtime. But everyone, and particularly especially EMTs and paramedics caring …
Robert S. Tucker, an attorney by training who heads a city-based security and investigative services company, was appointed FDNY commissioner by Mayor Eric Adams Monday. Tucker, 54, succeeds …
A former FDNY EMT has pleaded guilty to stealing $600 from an undercover investigator posing as a sick patient. The integrity test, which occurred at 3:26 a.m. on Aug. 2, 2023, saw EMT Luis Carrillo …
EMS workers would get raises conforming to the civilian pattern and not the larger pay bumps given to those in the uniformed services, according to the city's latest contract offer, union leaders …
It’s 4 p.m. on a recent afternoon, and Chef Kandy Williams, the culinary instructor at Hot Bread Kitchen in Lower Manhattan’s Manny Cantor Center, is putting the finishing touches on the lesson …
Rhonda Villamia spent weeks in the vicinity of ground zero following the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Within the first few days after the collapse of the towers, she was handing out snacks and …
It took about a year of workers complaining for management at Bill T. Jones/New York Live Arts to finally fix front doors at their Chelsea theater that were difficult to close. But management …
“The largest organization for women in the country is actually the labor movement.” So said Rebecca Damon, the executive director of SAG-AFTRA’s New York local and now also the …
Hundreds of union laborers held a boisterous Thursday afternoon rally in the Flatiron District to hammer a luxury residential developer’s use of a notorious demolition firm. Laborers' Local 79 and …
The New York Taxi Workers Alliance on Wednesday assailed an agreement between the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission and two rideshare companies designed to reduce the amount of driver lockouts …
Members of District Council 37's Local 3005 say that attempts to mobilize their coworkers over the last two years have been stonewalled and met with apathy by union leadership. Current …
To counter what he implied was the avarice of profit-driven health care providers and the indifference of elected officials, the president of the United Federation of Teachers, Michael Mulgrew, last …
Unions representing teachers, school safety agents and other school staff are weighing in on a plan to ban cellphones in schools, with most appearing in favor. In a New York Times op-ed …
Despite being eligible to telework several days a week under a remote work pilot program, 150 workers at the Police Pension Fund are still required to work in the office five days a week. Tens …
A shortage of city medical examiners has prompted the union representing the forensic pathologists to urge the mayor and labor commissioner to settle a contract and provide more funding to the Office …
With the World Trade Center Health Program once again facing a funding shortfall that could oblige it to turn away would-be enrollees within a few years, a bipartisan group of Congress members are …
The worst part of working at the combination Taco Bell and Pizza Hut Express was pumping hot water through the nacho cheese dispenser at closing. Mistreatment from customers, the constant …
Officer attrition at the NYPD, although still above pre-pandemic norms, eased somewhat in the first half of the year. Through the end of June, 1,119 officers had retired and 395 had resigned, …
The gender pay gap across New York City has changed little over the last two decades, which can largely be attributed to women earning less than men within the same field, even in occupations that …
It's music to their ears. The pension plan for nearly 50,000 musicians who work in television, film and on Broadway will receive a $1.5 billion investment to save the pension from insolvency. The …