Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced May 29 the appointment of former NYPD Lt. Edwin Raymond as New York City Sheriff, installing a longtime police reform advocate to lead the agency after firing former Sheriff Anthony Miranda following years of labor...
Thousands of New York City police officers will soon be able to count prior service in other city law enforcement and public safety positions toward their pensions under a measure included in the newly passed state budget, which supporters say...
FDNY firefighters on the job for at least 25 years will receive a longevity bonus to their pension payouts under a sweetener included in the $268 billion Fiscal Year 2027 New York State budget. Firefighters in any uniformed rank that reach...
New York City correction officers and sanitation workers in Tier 3 retirement plans will now be able to retire with full pension benefits after 20 years of service, achieving long-sought parity with police officers and firefighters under a...
At least 86 FDNY fire engines across the city would be assigned a fifth firefighter under a budget proposal gaining steam in the City Council that won the crucial support of Council Speaker Julie Menin. Recouping the fifth firefighter in...
Reforms to the Tier 6 pension plan that would cost the state $557 million annually have been finalized after weeks of discussions between Governor Kathy Hochul, top state labor officials and other political leaders, according to an administration...
As part of his broader “Block by Block” housing agenda, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced May 26 that the City will establish a new Committee on Construction Safety aimed at reducing fatalities and injuries in one of New York’s deadliest...
A 40-year-old detainee died Tuesday morning at Rikers Island, marking the second death in city jail custody in less than 24 hours and renewing scrutiny over conditions inside the city’s jail system. The detainee, identified by the Department of...
Two FDNY EMTs seated in their ambulance at the scene of a medical emergency on Webster Avenue in the Bronx early in the morning of May 21 were nearly struck by a bullet that flew through the windshield of their ambulance...
It was nearly impossible to hear Margaret Glover’s speech over the cacophony of whistles, noise makers, shouting and chanting coming from the protesters behind and beside where she stood on the podium just outside the gates of City Hall. But for...
More than 100 New York Times employees walked out of the newspaper's midtown headquarters Wednesday to rally for a new contract, almost three months after their last one expired...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani – who built much of his political profile as a critic of the police – and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced Wednesday that the NYPD will split the Bronx into two patrol borough commands and add nearly 200 officers to...
A Queens man on parole for a 1990 murder and attempted kidnapping case has been charged with assaulting a state parole officer after allegedly blowing a mixture of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine into her face during a parole violation arrest late...
Workers across the country are celebrating the 52nd annual EMS Week from May 17 to 23. In New York City, the Empire State Building was lit yellow, white and blue on May 17 to honor EMS workers. At the FDNY's EMS academy in Fort Toten, Queens the...
Under a City Council resolution passed last week, the Department of Education would mark May as Labor History Month in public schools across New York City. The month of May includes International Workers Day, known as May Day, celebrated every May...
The Long Island Rail Road strike entered its third day Monday, leaving roughly 300,000 commuters scrambling for alternate routes as negotiations between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and multiple rail unions remained...
Despite a policy instituted two years ago that seeks to hold private equity firms accountable for the union busting and anti-worker practices carried out by firms they invest in, the New York State Common Retirement Fund, stewarded by New York...
After former Mayor Eric Adams’ correction commissioner pushed out the Department of Correction’s former head of investigations, Sarena Townsend, four years later the city’s newly appointed federal remediation manager has selected her to help lead...
Under a deal on proposed changes to the Tier 6 pension plan for the upcoming Fiscal Year 2027New York State budget all workers under Tier 6 with 30 years' service would be able to retire at age 58, down from age 63, pension contribution rates for...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced this week that by securing state funding, instituting a new tax on second homes, delaying payments of the city’s pension obligations and pushing back a costly class size mandate he had successfully balanced the...
Negotiations between the state’s top lawmakers on reforms to the Tier 6 pension plan have narrowed to just three provisions as the finalized state budget for Fiscal Year 2027 draws closer, three state labor officials with knowledge of the...
The detectives’ union representing NYPD investigators traveled to Washington on May 12 to lobby Congress for legislation modeled after the proposed “HALO Act,” arguing local police officers should receive protections similar to those being...
George Gresham, the former president of Local 1199 of the Service Employees International Union, passed away last week following a long illness, the union announced May 8. Gresham, 71, ran the largest healthcare union in the country, now numbering...
New York leaders announced new immigration enforcement restrictions Thursday as part of a tentative state budget agreement, advancing what would become some of the strongest limits in the country on cooperation between local authorities and U.S....
Days after news broke that former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was in critical condition suffering from pneumonia in a Florida hospital, his lawyer confirmed that Giuliani would seek to have his healthcare costs covered by the World Trade Center...