It's Women's History Month. In a world half made up of women and half made by women, there's just one-twelfth of the calendar to celebrate that, so let's get to it. Artist Adrienne Ottenberg has …
Six City University of New York professors will appeal to the Supreme Court a recent decision mandating that they must be represented by the Professional Staff Congress. The professors, who had …
The state's top court has affirmed the right of individual unionized public employees to sue their unions for injunctive relief, finding that legal precedent circumscribes union members’ right to …
Several members of a District Council 37 union representing lifeguards nominated as candidates in an upcoming leadership election have been barred from running by the local’s election committee. In …
Nurses at Staten Island University Hospital say they’re sick of being asked to take on several roles at once because of persistent understaffing, and have voted in favor of going on strike, the New …
New York may be the state with the third-lowest gender wage gap, but women still earn just 88 cents for every dollar earned by men, advocates emphasized at a rally spotlighting Equal Pay Day. Mayor …
A month after a report concluded the city’s housing vacancy rate had dropped to a historic low, the Adams administration announced it would partner with a construction union and a real estate firm …
When FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh took the stage at an FDNY promotional ceremony at the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn in February 2023, she was met with a chorus of boos from the …
Nonprofit organizations and elected officials rallied in Albany Monday to push for legislation that would enact a higher cost-of-living adjustment for human services workers and also establish a wage …
District Council 37 retirees have called the decision by the international union to place their association under administratorship a “scam,” insisting that the group’s resistance to a planned …
Members of the FDNY’s emergency medical services bureau and their unions have been given the green light to pursue a class-action lawsuit against New York City and the fire department over claims …
The city’s largest police union remains convinced that it should have a say in how the NYPD responds to protests. The Police Benevolent Association said Wednesday that it is appealing a …
The head of TWU Local 100 deflected accusations that the union encouraged an illegal work stoppage following a brutal early morning slashing of a subway conductor in Brooklyn last week. …
Built nearly 10 years ago, P.S. 62 in Staten Island’s Rossville neighborhood is still ahead of its time. City Council members want others to catch up. Also known as the Kathleen Grimm School …
The city’s staffing woes have negatively impacted a number of services — including those that generate revenue for the city, City Council Member Lincoln Restler and others said at a recent …
Registration for the FDNY’s firefighter exam has been delayed by more than three months, a department spokesperson confirmed last week. The FDNY requested that it be rescheduled to give it more …
“There’s only one New York; I’ve looked at a map, trust me. So because there’s only one New York, there should only be one minimum wage,” Theodore Moore, the executive director of the …
FDNY firefighters are still awaiting clarity and transparency regarding the results of a December 2022 promotional exam published by the Department of Citywide Administrative Services last …
The city’s nonpartisan budget watchdog has proposed nixing the congestion-pricing toll for yellow taxi drivers, who as a group have been vociferously opposed to what would be the third MTA fee …
Just a few months after securing a contract ratified by 95 percent of voting members, the longtime head of the local representing traffic enforcement agents has been ousted by his vice …
A group of lifeguards who work in the city’s pools year-round are organizing a slate to run in upcoming leadership elections for Local 461 of District Council 37, the union representing nearly …
District Council 37’s Retirees Association has been put under administratorship for allegedly failing to file tax returns for the last six years. Ann Widger, the international retirees director for …
Capital improvements on city subways, buses and commuter rail lines are being slowed or delayed because of court challenges to the MTA’s congestion pricing plan, according to the agency. The …
This story has been updated to reflect the provisional contract deal for nurses at LIJ Valley Stream. Nurses at two Northwell Health hospitals on Long Island have reached tentative contract …
Despite a decrease in construction worker deaths across the state in 2022, more construction workers died on the job in New York City than in the previous year amid a drop in inspections, according …