While discussions on bail reform are consuming much of Albany’s oxygen as lawmakers look to finalize a budget, legislative priorities not yet included in the spending plan have been put …

While negotiations on the state budget sputtered in Albany, with legislators blowing well past the April 1 st deadline, New York’s unions have kept up the pressure on state politicians to get their …

City Council members slammed an order issued last week by the Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget for agencies to slash their budgets.Agencies must reduce their spending by 4 percent annually …

A John Catsimatidis-owned heating oil company continues to play hardball with the union representing its delivery drivers, refusing to sign a statewide master labor contract, according to the head of …

Continuing a welcome trend that emerged in the last few months of 2022, killings and shootings citywide decreased in the first three months of this year, according to police data. The 222 shootings …

Following a nearly six-year impasse with city labor officials, the Police Benevolent Association and the Adams administration have hammered out an agreement that will significantly bridge the salary …

The owners of a Queens electrical company and one its foremen have pleaded guilty to larceny charges for pocketing more than $1 million they owed laborers working on multiple NYCHA and School …

Despite the city’s recently signed agreement with managed-care company Aetna, retired municipal workers are vowing a fight to keep their current and preferred coverage.  Hundreds of retirees …

The chair of the City Council’s Oversight and Investigations Committee has called on city administrators to loosen restrictions that hamper agencies from filling vacancies, mandates she said had …

UPS must hand over contact details for more than 10,000 seasonal employees to allow a Teamsters local to investigate suspicions that the shipping giant shorted the workers on pay during the 2021-22 …

District Council 37 members have overwhelmingly ratified a contract that includes 16.21 percent compounded raises across the life of the five-year deal, the first labor agreement concluded by the …

Engineers working the Staten Island Ferry are in line for significant pay increases with some mariners also due a back-pay package of over $1 million, according to a determination by the city …

Fire protection inspectors have been at the forefront of the FDNY’s growing battle against fires caused by lithium-ion batteries by responding to calls for potential violations of the fire code, …

The city’s effort to switch its municipal retirees from a traditional, government-run Medicare program to a privately administered Medicare Advantage plan, underway for years, has been beset by …

Outside the David Geffen Hall on Sunday, orchestra musicians who typically perform inside Lincoln Center’s hallowed halls staged an impromptu concert — for a first contract. The freelance …

At a February ceremony inside Queens Borough Hall, Firefighter Regina Wilson once again took the reins of the Vulcan Society, the 83-year-old fraternal order of Black firefighters, which she led …

Nurses and their unions are urging the city and state to increase investments in hospitals to help correct a persistent staffing crisis.The New York State Nurses Association demonstrated last week in …

Contrary to city officials’ contentions, giving municipal retirees the option to keep their preferred, premium-free health-care benefits would yield substantial cost-savings for the city, a policy …

Roberta Vogel, a retired counselor who worked at the College of Staten Island for 45 years, is visually impaired and relies on a home health-care worker to assist her with daily tasks.“What would I …

Most had come from Romania, Russia, Austria or Italy. Some had been in New York only a few months, even weeks. All toiled inside one of the city’s most notorious sweatshops, on the top three floors …

Workers at more than 115 Starbucks locations across the country walked off the job Wednesday to pressure the company to negotiate contracts with the unionized stores. They also called for a halt to …

The FDNY has 483 unfilled firefighter positions and is down more than 30 percent of its dispatchers, leaving the department short-staffed just as the New York’s Bravest are responding to increasing …

Following a number of fires caused by exploding lithium-ion batteries that power the increasingly ubiquitous e-bikes and scooters, Mayor Eric Adams signed five bills this week tightening regulations …

Calling the right to strike a crucial mechanism for securing fair contracts, the Transport Workers Union of America and TWU Local 100 have enlisted lawmakers in a bid to amend state law and  …

Amid a recent wave of violence near schools, the city Independent Budget Office found that the number of school safety agents has dropped 24 percent since the start of the pandemic. There were about …