Following the deaths of a retired firefighter and a former emergency medical technician last week, the number of FDNY members who have died as a result of 9/11-related illnesses now equals the number …
The sky-blue and white barge anchored off Hunts Point in the fall of 1992 following its maiden voyage from a Louisiana shipyard. Its stay was supposed to be temporary. But it would soon earn a …
The Communication Workers of America Local 1180 and the Adams administration have reached a tentative contract agreement that, in addition to providing raises, would establish a flexible work …
FDNY EMTs and paramedics who have aged out of eligibility for the firefighter promotional exam in the three years since the 2020 exam was canceled could get a chance to take the test later this year …
Amid ongoing staffing shortages within the municipal workforce, the City Council passed legislation last week that would require city agencies to provide exit surveys to departing employees. The …
City retirees fighting to fend off attempts by the Adams administration to shift them from their current and preferred Medicare plan into a Medicare Advantage program could soon have hundreds of …
FDNY EMTs, paramedics and EMS officers are not being properly compensated for some of their work, and unions representing the FDNY employees will continue to sue the department and the city until the …
The city’s main correction union says jail officers cannot be compelled to speak with a federal monitor about violent incidents inside the lockups unless they are represented by union officials. …
Nearly three dozen former city labor officials are disputing current union leaders’ contention that pending City Council legislation that would keep municipal retirees’ existing health benefits …
Employers who deliberately short their workers on pay could now face larceny charges and stricter penalties, according to legislation signed into law this week by Governor Kathy Hochul. The bill, …
Ten educators who previously worked in city public schools and were terminated for refusing to get the coronavirus vaccine are entitled to religious exemptions and must be reinstated, a Staten Island …
FDNY Deputy Chief Jim Brosi was elected president of the Uniformed Fire Officers Association earlier this month, taking the helm of the union that represents the FDNY’s lieutenants, captains, …
Fearful that residents will be deprived of crucial city services, leaders of municipal unions are calling on Mayor Eric Adams to dial back his call for across-the-board budget cuts he said were an …
A 13-year wait for Staten Island Ferry workers is over. The union representing the roughly 120 mariners and the Adams administration carved out an unprecedented 16-year contract, the first such …
City retirees have won in court. They now want the City Council to back them in their bid to keep their existing health benefits. The organization driving the resistance to the Adams …
The establishment of unions at Starbucks locations, Amazon warehouses and Trader Joe’s grocery stores has drawn national attention in recent months. But quietly, recent unionization efforts among …
A candidate challenging the incumbent president of District Council 37’s Local 372 has raised concerns that the imminent rerun of the local’s officer election will have too few voting sites. On …
FDNY fire protection inspectors have reached a $29.2 million settlement with the city as a result of a class-action racial discrimination lawsuit filed in 2020. According to the settlement’s terms, …
This story has been corrected to note that the city’s financial plan forecasts a budgeted officer headcount of 7,060, not 7,600. Insisting that the number of Department of Correction officers …
Members of United University Professions, the nation’s largest higher-education union, have overwhelmingly approved a four-year labor agreement with the state that will bring across-the-board …
In the last year, more than 100,000 asylum-seeking migrants have arrived in New York City looking for shelter, safety and family-sustaining jobs. But leaders of organizations supporting the asylum …
NYU Langone-Brooklyn has routinely broken safe-staffing laws, according to the union that represents the hospital’s nurses. Over the past year-and-a-half, the union, the United Federation of …
A federal appeals court has upheld a nearly $18 million jury verdict compensating more than 2,500 current and former FDNY EMTs for work that had gone unpaid. The EMTs, who filed suit in …
A man who allegedly stabbed a 25-year-old emergency medical technician in an ambulance last month was indicted on attempted murder and other charges Monday, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office …
An Uber ride along the city’s streets and avenues will contribute that much less to climate change in the coming years if proposed rules by the Taxi and Limousine Commission are enacted. But the …