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How Social Security Is Important for Women

In November, we show gratitude for the many things we are thankful for throughout the year. Family usually tops the list. The strong women in our lives are one of the central figures we …

FOR THE RECORD

In speaking about his responsibility throughout David Dinkins's mayoralty for putting together the Mayor's Management Report, former Director of the Mayor's Office of Operations Harvey Robins told …

Family of Man Killed by Police Sues Cops, City Claiming Improper Stop

The family of a man shot and killed by plainclothes NYPD officers in September 2019 that also resulted in the friendly-fire death of Police Officer Brian Mulkeen has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit …

Dinkins's Union Support Withered Over Term

David Dinkins was elected the city's first (and so far only) black Mayor in 1989 in no small measure due to the strong support of its largest and most-powerful unions: District Council 37, the United …

Unions: City Agencies Haphazard on Virus Workplace Protections

Several months into the pandemic, there's a significant lack of compliance by city agencies with the coronavirus workplace guidelines that have been issued by the de Blasio administration, union …

Since the start of the pandemic, the unions representing hundreds of thousands of essential Federal workers have been unsuccessful in their efforts to get the Trump administration to disclose the …

HA Monitor Calls For Remedies for Issues Slowing Repairs

The Federal Monitor charged with overseeing repairs and reforms within the city’s public-housing developments has called for the Housing Authority to establish a centralized team to address growing …

Labor Caucus takes shape in Congress

About 50 members of Congress have joined a new Labor Caucus created by U.S. Representatives Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and Mark Pocan (D-WI).  The two Congressmen, long allied to labor—Mr. Norcross …

California Labor Secretary Julie Su has vaulted into contention for the post in the Biden administration.  With three men—Boston Mayor Mary Walsh, Michigan Congressman Andy Levin and Vermont …

A Trailblazing Mayor, Undone by Indecision

David Dinkins, who died Nov. 23 at 93, made history as New York City's first black Mayor but had some significant achievements overshadowed by his indecisiveness in handling two racially charged …

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