An NLRB ruling on a grievance made by striking Columbia student workers could suggest the board’s approach to a major question about the legal status of student workers.
Retired city employees will be able to opt out of their newly-privatized health insurance until June 30, the judge ruled
A recent report renewed a decades-long debate over a regulatory requirement that cell towers in Adirondack Park be “substantially invisible.”
Guides sent to a quarter million retired city employees contained false information on the availability of dozens of treatments under the new plan.
Governor Hochul and Mayor de Blasio’s quixotic plan to relocate women from Rikers Island to the Bedford Hills state prison has prompted fierce opposition from women who insist they do not want to go.
Hochul argues the office would be redundant, because the state already protects utility consumers.
Reginald Randolph is currently serving a two to four year sentence in state prison for stealing cold medicine.
Three days before the deadline to opt out of a new health insurance plan, Westchester retirees still don’t know what’s in it.
A proposed gas ban has pitted ConEd against big oil, real estate lobbyists, and other investor-owned utilities.
The Court of Appeals found in favor of banks that complained cases were dropped on technicalities. Now homeowners across the state are bracing for new attempts to take away their homes.
Buffalo Appellate Judge Shirley Troutman is widely seen as well qualified, but some worry that she will accentuate the Court of Appeals’ prosecutorial leanings
Daequan Smith loved working at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island. After he started organizing with the Amazon Labor Union, he found himself out of a job.
Millions of New Yorkers are behind on their utility bills, and advocates say the state is doing a poor job distributing federal assistance.
The fight heated up at a hearing Wednesday, with debate centered on when, not if, a gas ban should go into effect.
Two bills to incentivize kidney donations could save hundreds of lives a year – but supporters say it’s tough to get the legislature to prioritize the issue.
A 2021 retirement offers Hochul her first chance to shape New York’s Court of Appeals. Her pick will be an early indication of her ideological commitments, Senator Michael Gianaris said.
More than 50 retirees said they opposed the plan. Zero said they supported it.
The situation at Rikers is bad, but at Great Meadow Correctional Facility, a maximum security facility more than 200 miles north of New York City, it’s worse.
The union’s focus on direct action reflects skepticism that an incoming staffing law will significantly increase staffing ratios.
Two progressive organizers opposed to the 485-a program just won City Council races but won’t take their seats until next year. Mayor Lovely Warren has directed the Council to vote on the renewal this week.