Next year, for the first time ever, the FDNY’s age-eligible fire protection inspectors and fire alarm dispatchers will be able to take the promotional civil service exam and get a chance at …
The city’s looming budget crisis isn’t due to just increased spending associated with the migrant crisis – it’s also because of a growing number of unfunded city programs, State Comptroller …
Ten alleged members of the Gambino crime family and their associates were arrested Thursday, accused of using violence and intimidation to gain footholds in the city’s garbage carting and …
Noting that the city has fewer cops than at any time since 1990, the head of the NYPD’s principal union says the department’s ever-dwindling number of officers could compromise the city’s …
Elected officials and advocates are calling on the Adams administration to undo the cancellation of a 250-person class of school safety agents, citing the potential for violence, including from …
Just ahead of Veterans Day, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law a series of bills providing more pathways for veterans to enter the civil service. One bill establishes the Veterans Internship …
Last month, Mayor Eric Adams, standing behind a podium in the City Hall rotunda, proudly announced that his administration had reached a deal with Teamsters Local 831 , the Uniformed Sanitationmen's …
The housing affordability crisis gripping the city is pricing more and more working New Yorkers out of their neighborhoods, and pushing construction workers to demand a larger share of the pie from …
Unionized workers with the National Audubon Society converged on the New York City-based nonprofit’s leadership conference in Colorado last week to call on the conservation organization to bargain …
Despite the nation’s gender pay gap slightly narrowing over the past 25 years, the disparity remains stubbornly stagnant in New York City, according to a recent report. Last year, women in New York …
As dinner service neared its peak last Friday, more than 15 servers, bartenders and food runners walked out of the back entrance of ABC Cocina, Michelin-starred chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s …
In negotiations this fall with District Council 37 over teleworking policies, the NYPD requested the right to conduct compliance checks on NYPD employees working remotely to ensure that they are …
Shaun Francois’ win in the re-run officer election of District Council 37’s Local 372 has been upheld by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees’ judicial panel. …
Postdoctoral workers at Columbia University have ratified a contract that provides 24-percent raises over the course of a three-year pact and establishes a $500,000 hardship fund, their union …
About 100,000 current and former Uber and Lyft drivers will share in a $328 million settlement from the rideshare companies following findings by the state attorney general’s office that the …
A substantial but temporary pay boost for federal wildland firefighters will sunset in the coming weeks and some officials fear a massive exodus of experienced personnel, even as wildland fire …
The FDNY’s chief of emergency medical services said further budget cuts at the department could have a “significant effect” on response times for ambulance crews. In September, Mayor Eric Adams …
Earlier this month, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that requires public schools to create a “Workplace Readiness Week” whose purpose is to teach high school students …
For nearly a decade, New York City’s Department of Sanitation has been working on overhauling the regulations governing how dozens of private sanitation companies collect the three million tons of …
“I’ve been in situations where I know if I had fewer patients, I might have been able to save a patient’s life. It is the worst feeling you can imagine,” Nancy Hagans, the president of …
The Adams administration has given no reason for its sudden cancellation of a class of 250 school safety agents, and the union that represents the agents blasted the city for failing to explain its …
The city’s sanitation workers union and the Adams administration have reached agreement on a five-year, two-month contract that, pending ratification by the rank and file, will bring the city’s …
Musicians with the Distinguished Concerts International New York Orchestra have secured a first contract following four years of negotiations with the company. According to the terms of the …
The FDNY’s fire academy has changed a lot since the days when recruits would train in the backyard of a Midtown firehouse wearing no other gear than a wool tank top reading “probationary …
The pilot program allowing some city workers represented by District Council 37 to work remotely up to two days a week will be expanded to city managers and other non-unionized employees, according …
