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Construction worker Jeremy Rozan, 34, was painting support beams over the Roosevelt Avenue Bridge, which runs over the Van Wyck Expressway, when he fell into oncoming traffic and was killed last …

New York’s lawmakers are continuing their crackdown on lithium-ion batteries used in electric micro-mobility devices, but FDNY leadership has expressed reservations about one bill recently proposed …

The man convicted of brutally killing Emergency Medical Technician Yadira Arroyo six years ago was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday.Jose Gonzalez, 31, was given the maximum …

Local innovations improve job creation, report shows

The federal government should follow the examples of several cities and states to attract more women and people of color to jobs in the construction trades and in climate-related sectors, according …

Alongside firefighters, police officers and other first responders, Philip Ronnie Shpiller toiled at the World Trade Center site in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, working through …

UFT wants a contract that reduces teachers' admin duties

The United Federation of Teachers is continuing its push for a contract that includes raises and addresses an increase in administrative tasks that educators say is taking time away from teaching …

Finest OK 8-year deal

For the first time in nearly seven years, the city’s rank-and-file cops will be getting a raise.  The 22,000 members of the Police Benevolent Association this week overwhelmingly ratified an …

Hispanic Society staff strike for 'future of the institution'

Staff at the Hispanic Society of America in Washington Heights have been on strike since March 27, after a year and half of talks on a first contract with museum management failed to produce an …

DEP worker arrested for profane phone calls

He was supposed to help with water bills. Instead, prosecutors charge, he spouted profanities and threatened city residents with lethal violence. Lamont Jackson, a clerical associate with the …

Local 100, MTA kick-start contract talks

Contract negotiations between the MTA and TWU Local 100 kicked off earlier this week with the transit agency contending with a parched revenue stream and the union promising increased …

Labor agreements expected to cost $18B

With two of the largest municipal unions recently reaching contract deals that are expected to set the wage pattern for city civil servants, the Independent Budget Office has estimated that the labor …

NYPD exodus continues

Following the Police Benevolent Association’s successful negotiations with the city on improved contract terms, which the union’s roughly 23,000 members are expected to ratify this month, the …

Record number of school employee misconduct complaints

Investigators charged with probing misconduct in the city’s public school system received a record number of complaints last calendar year.  The 9,813 complaints of fraud, financial …

Labor Board orders Trump Village to bargain with Teamsters

Trump Village in Coney Island was the first property that former president Donald Trump worked on as a developer, helping his father, Fred Trump, build the seven 23-story towers in 1964, one of many …

At Rutgers, faculty walked out for fundamental change

When Hank Kalet got his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University in the 1980s, the vast majority of his instructors were full-time professors who either had tenure or were on track to get …

Home health aides call time on 24-hour shifts

A year after City Council legislation was introduced that would prohibit 24-hour shifts for home health aides, workers and advocates are frustrated the bill has not been adopted into law.The “No …

Divestment effort for pension systems

Two of the city’s five pension systems announced plans to divest from fossil fuel investments by 2040 and to also pressure private market managers to set goals to combat climate change, the city …

PBA head Lynch stepping down

Six days after securing a robust new contract for his members, Patrick J. Lynch, who for 24 years has fiercely and sometimes brashly advocated for NYPD officers and his profession, said he would be …

FDNY unions gear up for negotiations

FDNY union leaders are gearing up for their own negotiations following the announcement last week of a tentative eight-year labor agreement between the city and the Police Benevolent Association, …

‘Clean Slate’ legislation on the docket

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 …

Council members chide call for budget cuts

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 …

Catsimatidis-owned firm continues to ice out union

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 …

PBA, city ink 8-year contract deal

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 …

Retirees pledge to fight Medicare shift

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 …

City Council's Brewer wants an end to city hiring restrictions

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 …

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