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City enlists unions in forceful push for Medicare plan

The city has given unions and, by extension, retirees an ultimatum regarding health coverage: Get the City Council to pass legislation allowing the city to charge most retirees for continued …

Cleaners at Montefiore Hospital sue over unpaid overtime

Cleaners at Montefiore Medical Center alleging that they were cheated out of overtime pay for years have filed a federal class action suit.  The cleaners, Danny Ramirez Cruz Guerrero (referred …

In another step towards parity for Staten Island Ferry engineers, the City Comptroller’s office determined in a preliminary decision that the marine engineers should be paid wages comparable to …

Deliveristas campaign for $30 wage

App-based delivery workers organizing with Los Deliveristas Unidos rallied on Thursday to call on the city to set their minimum wage at $30 an hour. The Department of Consumer and Worker …

Kavanagh named FDNY commissioner

After eight months in an acting capacity and a nationwide candidate search lasting nearly that long, Laura Kavanagh was permanently appointed FDNY commissioner by Mayor Eric Adams …

After receiving pushback from staff represented by the Association of Legislative Employees, City Council leadership informed employees on Thursday that they were scrapping a plan that would have …

PBA, others critical of plan to increase police on subways

Police union leaders and others have pilloried the plan to redeploy officers in and around subway stations to combat rising crime underground as unworkable and politically motivated.  The plan, …

Judge rules for sanitation workers in vaccination fight

A judge has found that the city unlawfully terminated 16 Department of Sanitation employees for their refusals to get the Covid vaccine. “The vaccination mandate for City employees was not …

In the heat of moments

Every day, more fires in the South Bronx. And every day, when Jill Freedman drove up to the firehouse, two cameras strapped to the short blonde curls falling on her neck, she got the same answer: …

City unions bargaining for work-from-home rights

Since starting his term, Mayor Eric Adams has insisted that city workers come into the office every day even as city employees have repeatedly asked for a work-from-home option and vacancies in the …

NY nurses grow contract campaign

The New York State Nurses Association is ramping up its efforts to campaign for fair contracts for about 30,000 nurses across the state. The union held a rally outside of New York-Presbyterian …

When workers own the place

On a recent Friday afternoon, the employees of Astor Wines & Spirits were working at full speed. Among the dizzying number of bottles piled up under the high red-brick ceiling of the historic De …

UFT begins bargaining for new contract

“Everything we’ve done, especially over the last three years, we’ve earned our raise. We kept the school system afloat while so many people were at home,” said Michael Mulgrew, president of …

In a nearly unanimous vote, the New York City Council Oct. 12 passed a series of bills aimed at helping working parents by making child care more affordable and accessible. The average cost of child …

Home health care aides, who have been pushing for years to end 24-hour shifts, are now appealing to the federal government for help. This week, the National Center for Law and Economic Justice filed …

Veteran fire inspector dies from heart attack on the job

William Klobus, a FDNY fire protection inspector, passed away on the afternoon of Oct. 3 while inspecting a building at 90-01 Queens Boulevard. Klobus, who was 81, was possibly the oldest member of …

NYCERS ‘maximum’ pension option is deceitful, critics say

In January, the New York City Employees’ Retirement System added a pension option to its application for retirement and disability benefits.  The new option, now the first of four listed on …

Shootings drop but property crimes continue to climb

While killings and shootings citywide dipped through the end of summer compared to last year, in some neighborhoods significantly, overall crime remains well above what it was before the pandemic …

When she enrolled at the University of Michigan, Shalca Nelson, like tens of millions of other Americans, took out thousands of dollars in student loans to help pay her way through. Nelson’s …

Public hospital nurses demand end to wage gap

“It seems every time there’s a group of folks that are primarily black and brown, especially if they are women, they have to fight for fair wages. That ain’t right,” Public Advocate Jumaane …

Labor commissioner approves lower OT threshold for farmworkers

Despite an intense lobbying effort by farm owners and their advocates, State Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon last week signed off on provisions that will incrementally lower overtime thresholds …

Cab drivers get millions in debt relief, but more is needed

Struggling taxi drivers have gotten $225 million in debt relief over the last two weeks, but thousands more loans have yet to be refinanced after a cabbie debt crisis, officials and advocates said …

If a federal appeals court overturns New York City’s just-cause protections for fast-food workers, it would “undermine future efforts to protect workers,” a coalition of 15 attorneys general …

Council bill would create civil service 'ambassador' program

After a September City Council hearing revealed that a staggering 8 percent of city agencies’ positions were vacant, city officials have been looking for ways to help the city's workforce rebound …

EMS lieutenant is stabbed to death in Queens

(Corrections appended) An on-duty FDNY Emergency Medical Service lieutenant was stabbed to death this afternoon about a block and half from her Astoria station house in a vicious, unprovoked attack, …

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