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Fortune writers hold ‘lunch-out' over slow pace of bargaining

Dozens of unionized editorial employees at Fortune participated in a lunchtime walkout Thursday to protest management’s decision to force editorial employees back into the office three days a week …

31 years later, ‘temporary’ jail boat will slam shut

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 …

Detectives’ Endowment Association board officers last week unveiled a plaque at the union’s Thomas Street headquarters honoring the late Louis Matarazzo, who was the union’s legislative …

CWA 1180, city reach tentative contract deal

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 …

Age-barred FDNY firefighter hopefuls could get 1-time exemption

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 …

Number of teens in detention centers spikes

A growing number of teens getting arrested citywide led to a nearly 35-percent spike in the number of youth residing in the city’s juvenile detention centers in Fiscal Years 2023 compared to a 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 …

Ambulance response times, call volume and fire deaths all up

FDNY first responders are struggling to keep up with a rapidly increasing number of life-threatening medical incidents and to respond to the emergencies in a timely manner, data from the Mayor’s …

Torres, Malliotakis bill would preserve retirees’ Medicare

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 …

EMS unions: ‘Fix our pay issues or we’re going to keep suing you’

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 …

COBA sues DOC for breach of labor law

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 …

Wage theft now brings larceny charges

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, …

Unvaxxed teachers must be reinstated, judge rules

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 …

Brosi takes helm of UFOA

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, …

Former NYPD commissioner Howard Safir dies

Howard Safir, the former NYPD commissioner whose four-year tenure in the late 1990s included sharp declines in the city's murder tolls but also some of its most notorious episodes of police killings …

NYC pension funds sue Fox over 2020 election coverage

New York City's pension funds and the state of Oregon sued Fox Corporation on Tuesday, alleging the company harmed investors by allowing Fox News to broadcast falsehoods about the 2020 election that …

Workers in New York can no longer be disciplined for declining to attend so-called “captive audience” meetings, according to legislation signed by Kathy Hochul Wednesday.  The governor also …

New York City and the country marked 9/11 with tributes and tears

On a drizzly, overcast morning Monday, New Yorkers at ground zero in lower Manhattan recalled that crisp, clear late-summer morning 22 years ago with tolling bell, a moment of silence and quiet …

Union leaders say proposed budget cuts would inch the city toward crisis

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 …

9/11 Tribute Museum gets another showing

It’s been just over a year since the 9/11 Tribute Museum in lower Manhattan permanently closed its doors after 16 years of educating visitors from around the world and providing walking tours of …

State working to address teacher shortage

It's not just students dropping out: schools across the state are facing challenges attracting and retaining teachers. “Too often, when I look around in my school building during my lunch breaks, …

After 13 years, a contract for S.I. Ferry mariners

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 …

Retirees rip unions' Medicare claims

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 …

NYPD agrees to reform protest tactics in settlement over 2020 response

New York City's police department has agreed to adopt new policies intended to safeguard the rights of protesters as part of a legal settlement stemming from its response to the Black Lives Matter …

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