Just over 200 unionized public defenders at Neighborhood Defender Services across Harlem, Detroit and Texas said their management left them with no choice but to walk off the job Friday after contract negotiations over…
A $400 million renovation of a major Brooklyn transit hub has yielded little for locals looking for jobs, critics charged Thursday, saying that less than 8% of the 170 hires for the project so far have come from…
There was nowhere for Citi Bike riders to park in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday — and little, contractually, that the city can do about it.
Months after scrapping a $9.9 million McKinsey & Co.
Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson recently announced a total of $56.3 million in capital budget allocations for fiscal year 2027, including numerous investments in educational and medical technology.
Editor’s Note: On July 27, economist James Parrot of The New School informed The City Reporter he had mistakenly said New York City had gained 40,000 jobs in the first six months of 2026 when his analysis of state data…
The union representing the city’s public health professionals and scientists says that units dedicated to testing the city’s water supply are critically understaffed — complicating New York’s ability to control a…
Hundreds of workers representing low-income defendants in Brooklyn and Queens walked off the job Thursday morning, after failing to reach a deal with management on wages and benefits before an 8 a.m.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Tuesday that the City Council will receive hundreds of NYC public school contracts it has sought for months “in the coming weeks,” offering a public timeframe in an escalating transparency…
Council secured funding in FY27 Budget to provide nearly 60,000 free swim lessons for an additional 3,000 second graders THE BRONX, NY – Today, New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin, Council Members, and Asphalt…
After allegedly being fired from her unpaid position as a New York City Council intern for labor organizing that aimed to push the legislative body to pay her and her colleagues for their work, Mina Farahmand is now…
City Council Speaker Julie Menin is escalating a transparency fight with the Department of Education, accusing the agency of months of “opacity, slow-walking, and delay” after it failed to turn over hundreds of…
“New York City deserves parks that are cared for by skilled Parks workers whose expertise and labor cannot be replaced by volunteers.” The City’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget fails to meet advocates’ call for 1 percent of…
TWU Local 100 has gone nearly two months without a new contract as the union representing close to 40,000 New York City Transit workers and the MTA presented much different views on the state of negotiations.
New York City lawmakers took up legislation Tuesday that would give elected officials 18.2% pay raises retroactive to Jan.
Workers at three Brooklyn Walgreens stores and three Astoria Kinship Coffee shops are among more than 1,600 employees set to receive restitution under settlements totaling more than $2.3 million.
As Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the City Council came to a last-minute agreement on a $126 billion city budget for Fiscal Year 2027, Bronx representatives applauded several wins for the borough — but not all are celebrating.
Frank Carone, former top aide to ex-Mayor Eric Adams who was indicted last week over allegedly taking bribes to manipulate a city contract, said on Wednesday he wants a trial as quickly as possible.
A pending New York City Council bill known as the Delivery Protection Act.
New York has a budget—and dangerously hot days ahead
Council also approves legislation to support small businesses, protect access to educational facilities, and celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary and the New York Knicks’ NBA Championship CITY HALL, NY – Today, the New…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin shook hands Tuesday on a $125.8 billion NYC budget that holds NYPD headcount flat, funds a public portal for post-9/11 air quality and health records and adds…
Budget includes historic investment of $1,000 college savings accounts for every public school kindergartner, the largest-ever expansion of Fair Fares, expanded funding for housing vouchers, with investments in parks,…
Mayor Mamdani and the City Council reached a deal late Monday to expand city-subsidized rental assistance as part of a larger budget agreement.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the City Council reached a $300 million agreement Tuesday to expand housing voucher access, resolving a days-long budget standoff over rental assistance and setting up the end of a legal fight…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin entered the final stretch of budget talks Monday without a handshake deal, days after a fight over funding for the city’s rental assistance program derailed an…
Fourteen retired New York City educators received more than $500,000 in pension benefits in 2025, according to data released by....
Speaker Julie Menin cancelled a budget handshake with Mayor Zohran Mamdani Friday after the two sides couldn’t agree on funding an expansion of the city’s housing voucher program, CityFHEPS.
City Council Speaker Julie Menin and a growing number of her fellow legislators said Friday they will not pass a new NYC budget unless Mayor Zohran Mamdani allocates more money for the city’s rental assistance program,…
The state financial plan published on June 10 disclosed key information about healthcare revenue and spending that lawmakers had not....