The city’s Summer Youth Employment Program should be doing more to connect young New Yorkers with jobs in high-paying and growing industries such as the tech sector, a recent report from the Center …
Tens of thousands of people who commute into New York City each day might have to find another way to travel this fall. Unions representing about 600 Metro-North Railroad mechanics and …
The NYPD welcomed 527 new police officers to its ranks Tuesday following their graduation ceremony at Madison Square Garden and six months of training at the police academy in Queens. In …
A former Bureau of Prisons correctional officer will do 43 months behind bars after admitting to smuggling oxycodone, marijuana, cellphones, cigarettes, alcohol and other substances into the …
Well before it was warm enough to plant seedlings in the ground, farmer Micah Barritt began nursing crops like watermelon, eggplant and tomatoes — eventually transplanting them from his greenhouse …
UPS has reached a tentative contract agreement with its 340,000-person strong union, potentially averting a strike that threatened to disrupt logistics nationwide for businesses and households alike. …
Dylan D., a preloader at the Oakland hub since 2022, spoke with columnist Robert Ovetz ahead of a possible strike by UPS workers that could start early Tuesday morning should the Teamsters and the …
The FDNY is struggling to maintain a culture of camaraderie and cohesion within its firehouses, with female and Black firefighters in particular contending with harassment and white firefighters …
A group of street vendors and advocates rallied near Bella Abzug Park in Hudson Yards Wednesday to resist an effort to move them out of the pricey development on the Far West Side. They allege that …
Lawyers, paralegals, social workers and administrative staff at The Children’s Law Center unionized in the summer of 2020 during a wave of organizing at legal service providers across the city. …
More than 600 food and beverage workers at the Barclays Center reached a tentative agreement with their employer this week for a new contract that would expand health-care eligibility, raise wages …
Two Newark firefighters fatally injured while battling a massive fire aboard a cargo ship docked in New Jersey earlier this month were posthumously promoted to captain during their funeral service …
TWU Local 100 members have approved a three-year contract deal with the MTA that will bring them a nearly 10-percent salary bump over the course of the agreement. Membership approved the deal …
Retirements and resignations at the NYPD declined somewhat in the first half of the year, but still remain at historically high levels, with one union official calling the continuing exodus “a …
In order to comply with the new state class size law, the city public school system would need to hire 17,700 teachers, a recent analysis from the city Independent Budget Office found. The law, which …
People doing time in city jails will soon have an entry into civil-service jobs. To the rehabilitative tenets ascribed to the city’s forthcoming borough-based jails, add the opportunity to …
For nearly two years, hundreds of unionized employees at the New York City Housing Authority have been required to report to work while their non-union managers have been permitted to work from home …
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams of the Southern District of New York said Rikers "has been in crisis for years" over several mayors' administrations and leaders of the corrections system and he favors …
School safety agents will be equipped with bullet-resistant vests, the NYPD has announced. More than 3,900 school safety agents, who are unarmed, will be issued “a durable and lightweight ballistic …
Edward Caban, who joined the New York Police Department as a young patrol officer in 1991 and rose through the ranks, was sworn in Monday as police commissioner, becoming the first Latino to lead the …
A longtime Colombo crime family captain has admitted to shaking down a high-ranking official of a Queens construction union and could now spend the rest of his days in prison. Vincent …
Union carpenters have been screwed out of construction jobs at a Willets Point project that has been in the works for more than a decade, according to the New York City District Council of …
An estimated 400,000 residents, first responders, workers and students were exposed to toxins following the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. But some who may be suffering with 9/11-related illnesses have …
Shootings citywide dropped significantly in the first half the year, with victims of firearms declining 25 percent, according to the NYPD. Killings were also down through the first six months, with …
UPS Teamsters across New York City and Long Island hit the streets last week to show the logistics giant that they are ready and able to walk out on strike for the first time since 1997 if an …
