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City transit workers still awaiting 9/11 disability benefits FREE

For six years, with every new version of a state bill that would grant them three-quarter disability pension benefits, a few dozen now retired New York City Transit workers who worked on the World …
Staff at one of the state's largest and most powerful unions say that local leadership has been attempting to stifle their push to unionize by distributing anti-union mailers urging staff to vote no …
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City employers would be mandated to report workplace deaths, according to recently introduced City Council legislation.  Council Member Carmen De La Rosa’s bill,  introduced Thursday, …
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Two public defenders at the Legal Aid Society are suing the organization, a lawyers union and New York City, claiming that paying private union dues breaches their First Amendment rights.  The …
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As evidence mounted that an increasing number of workers who labored on the World Trade Center site following the September 11 terror attacks had been afflicted by toxic dust and were growing …
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Democratic politician, civil rights champion and social agitator Paul O’Dwyer — with his white pompadour, thick eyebrows, and soft Irish brogue — became a well-known New York civil rights …
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Sunny day: Sesame Workshop writers have ratified a five-year contract that includes “monumental” protections that grant the writers jurisdiction over new media programs, protections against …
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As part of the budget cuts imposed by Mayor Eric Adams in the last two years, the FDNY has trimmed its overtime spending, instituted a partial hiring freeze and, most drastically, terminated …
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CO accused of smuggling contraband
The pull of a small payday proved too strong for one city correction officer, prosecutors said.  Andre Brown, a CO assigned to the Department of Correction’s holding facility at the Bronx Hall …
Retail workers to get $2.5 million for labor violations
Starbucks, Cava, a Burger King location and several other employers must pay $2.5 million in restitution to 3,000 workers for violating city labor laws, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday. The …
NewsGuild settles slew of contracts
Employees at several publications have recently settled contract agreements, including staffers at The New York Times’s Wirecutter, The NewsGuild-Communication Workers of America announced. The …
City workforce grows, state comptroller finds
The city workforce is expected to increase for the first time since the start of the pandemic, according to a report by State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s office. Between last July, the start of the …
After 11 weeks on strike, legal service workers find new ways to keep up morale
On Thursday, after 11 weeks on strike, a group of unionized workers at the nonprofit legal services firm Mobilization for Justice picketing outside of their Manhattan headquarters held a vote.  …
Man who tried to kill NYPD officers gets 27 years
The man who tried to kill NYPD officers with a long knife as part of a violent jihad on New Year’s Eve 2022 has been sentenced to 27 years in prison.  Trevor Bickford, 20, of Wells, Maine, had …
Cuts could trim libraries’ Saturday service FREE
Ayana Yanai periodically visits the Morningside Heights Library to check out books for the fifth-grade student she tutors in reading. Yanai, a Columbia graduate student on a teacher certification …
Educators say they were forced out for their pro-Palestinian views
Two educators said they were fired or forced to resign from the city public school system after they were doxxed for expressing views that were in support of Palestine. James Parra, who worked as a …
Federal warehouse worker protection bill introduced
Warehouse workers nationwide would no longer have to meet speed quotas and employers would have to establish national ergonomic standards, according to legislation introduced by Congressional …
Pregnant bus operators demand accommodations from MTA FREE
Pregnant bus operators suing New York City Transit for allegedly failing to provide them with reasonable accommodations urged the authority to address the issue. During a MTA board meeting Tuesday, …
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Letters to the Editor
To the editor: A recent op-ed, “Wag the Dog Dogfights,” contains falsehoods. This became obvious by the second line: “The city will not install a traffic light until an intersection has racked …
To the editor: In addition to praising dictators, Donald Trump has found another perceived friend, fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter. On May 11, at a rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, Trump …
To the editor: The police’s militarized response to campus protests over the war in Gaza, and what students believe is university-funded and Washington-funded …
To the editor: A recent letter states we were better off under Donald Trump and makes several claims to support this hypothesis.  Claim: under Trump "the highest employment and lowest …
To the editor: What I believe Trump’s lawyers don’t know or are ignoring is that Stormy Daniels is an important symbol of the “Me Too” movement. That’s why attacking her for her profession …
Reports From the Field, by Denberg

Op-Eds

Tear 6 FREE

By banning the MTA from using "biometric identifying technology" as a tool to combat fare beating, which costs taxpayers three-quarters of a billion dollars annually, New York State has bought into …
Wake-up call

Wag the dog dogfights FREE

An accident waiting to happen is not good enough. The city will not install a traffic light until an intersection has racked up a certain number of per capita fatalities. That's when the optics are …
Wake-up call

Equal time for unequal convictions FREE

When expressing personal opinions during these polarized times, it is necessary to attach a disclaimer or "spoiler alert" if you are willing to fight for equal time to air views with which you …
Your money

Got an IRS notice? Here’s what to do FREE

Each year, the Internal Revenue Service sends millions of letters and notices to taxpayers for a variety of reasons. Although some people may feel anxious when they receive one, many are easy to …
Tax strategies

Be aware of IRS audit red flags FREE

Many taxpayers fear an IRS audit. Although the IRS audit targets change with the times, below you’ll find some of the high-risk tax-audit areas that the IRS has examined in recent years: • Earned …
Real estate

Correcting property assessment clerical errors. FREE

In New York City, appeals to the Tax Commission, requests for review with the Department of Finance and other complaints regarding real property assessments have deadlines for filing. The application …
Work rules by Barbara Smaller

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