The Mamdani administration is asking a federal court to block a delivery app from operating in New York City, alleging the company paid workers as little as $3.67 an hour in violation of the city's minimum wage laws. The filing marks the first time DCWP has sought a preliminary injunction to enforce New York City's delivery worker protections.

The Chief: You’ve come quite a long way from your time working at Taco Bell/ PIzza Hut Express and then trader joes this new job that barring anything drastic in november your setting yourself up for, I'm wondering if you have any immediate...

A violent uprising at the Horizon Juvenile Center in The Bronx June 21 left eight youth development specialists injured and has intensified calls from the union representing juvenile detention workers for an investigation into what it describes as a preventable breakdown in safety and security.

The Police Benevolent Association has asked the state Public Employment Relations Board to intervene in contract negotiations with the city after four bargaining sessions have yet to produce a wage proposal, setting the stage for what could become...

Tianpeng Zhang had been working for Fantuan in New York City, a Canadian food delivery app catered towards Chinese and Asian cuisine, for about a year when he started to notice his subpar working conditions.  In addition to having to take on...

More than two dozen editorial workers at several local news outlets in New York City and the surrounding area owned by Schneps Media have launched a union drive, calling for livable wages, affordable health care and stronger workplace and...

The owner of luxury clothing brand Salon 1884 was indicted June 17 by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for allegedly forcing employees to work long hours while stealing up to $54,000 of wages. Andrea Marshal, 44, has been charged with one...

The death of an 18-year-old tourist following a horse-drawn carriage accident in Central Park has intensified calls from animal welfare advocates to ban the industry, while the union representing carriage drivers says the tragedy underscores the...

"What do we want?" "Contracts!" "If we don't get it?" "We shut it down!" The call-and-response echoed across Foley Square June 17 as thousands of healthcare workers rallied near City Hall, urging the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York to reach a new contract . . .

The New York Knicks captured their first NBA championship in 53 years Saturday night, ending decades of frustration for one of the city's most devoted fan bases. But as jubilant celebrations spilled into the streets around Madison Square Garden,...

Kat Latimer did not expect that part of her responsibility as a ramp agent at John F. Kennedy Airport would be to unload 160-pound containers of sopping wet, bleeding fish leaking mysterious fluids out of passenger plane cargo holds. The position...

The death of Deniz, a carriage horse who collapsed and died in Central Park earlier this week, has reignited debate over New York City's horse-carriage industry. But for the carriage drivers represented by TWU Local 100, the days following the...

Months after unilaterally ending recognition of its faculty union after 56 years of representation, the administration of St. John’s University is suing the state labor board in the hopes of ending its decade-long legal commitment to collective...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani's newly formed Commission on Government Efficiency is turning to the city's municipal workforce for ideas on how to improve government operations, asking union leaders to encourage members to participate in a series of public...

A former New York Police Department officer has pleaded guilty to official misconduct after prosecutors said he sent inappropriate messages to women whose cases he was investigating and engaged in a sexual relationship with a woman shortly after...

For immigrant workers in New York City, wage theft remains one of the most common forms of workplace exploitation. Labor advocates and government officials say workers are often denied legally required wages, paid off the books or discouraged from reporting violations . . .

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is intensifying New York City's resistance to federal immigration enforcement as the Trump administration threatens to dramatically expand ICE operations in the city ahead of the FIFA World Cup. Trump's border czar said he plans to deploy a major influx of ICE agents to New York City, warning residents would see "more ICE agents than you've ever seen" . . .

NEW YORK (AP) — The 9/11 Memorial and Museum has launched a $75 million fundraising campaign as the nonprofit tries to educate the millions of U.S. youth who don't remember the terror attacks on their upcoming 25th anniversary. Boosting The...

Shaun Francois could win his fifth term leading NYC Board of Election Employees Local 372 in leadership elections May 16, where the longtime union leader faces a challenger who garnered just nine votes last time he ran. 

While members of District Council 37 in Tier 6 will soon see their pension contribution rates decrease, some in the city’s largest municipal union are frustrated that they will still have to wait until age 63 to retire – five years later than teachers in Tier 6 . . .

Leaders of New York City's police unions are mounting a forceful campaign against Mayor Zohran Mamdani's proposal to restructure the city's scheduled payoff of its municipal pension liability, warning that the plan could put retirement funds on a "slippery slope" toward future financial instability.

The NYPD plans to increase its authorized uniformed headcount over the next two fiscal years, a move city officials say is necessary to support expanded officer training and a recent restructuring of patrol operations in the Bronx as the...

Lieutenant firefighter Patrick Donlon and his crew from FDNY Engine Company 75 had just finished up a job and were driving back to their Bronx station house when the firefighters were alerted about a fire inside of a six-story building just blocks away.

Governor Kathy Hochul has signed into law a reamortization plan for New York City’s five pension plans that would extend the city’s timeline to pay off its liability, stabilize the amount the city pays every year but ultimately increase the city’s...

This article is the first in a series examining how artificial intelligence may affect New York City workers. Future installments will explore the technology's potential impact on specific industries and occupations, including city government,...