The City Comptroller's Office is examining the Finance Department's decision to use a new method to value hotels which resulted in million-dollar reductions in tax obligations for a group of high-profile properties including the Grand-Hyatt, Hilton, and Westin hotels. More...
The city's four-year contract deals with the unions representing Emergency Medical Service workers and officers have been overwhelmingly approved by members, according to vote tallies released May 24. More...
District Council 37 delegates May 23 approved a plan to organize 3,000 temporary Parks Department workers training to obtain permanent city employment directly under the control of the union, rather than within one of its 56 locals. More...
Veteran arbitrator George Nicolau was named May 23 as the third member of the state panel that will finalize contract negotiations between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Transport Workers' Union Local 100. More...
The death of former Transportation Commissioner Anthony Ameruso in April resulted in some former and current public officials serving up sugar coated memories of a convicted felon, one of the many Koch administration officials who were disgraced or went to jail. More...
Negotiators from both the union representing Principals and other administrators and the Department of Education met with a mediator May 22 at the city's Office of Labor Relations in an effort to jump-start stalled contract talks. More...
District Council 37 delegates who voted last week to place 3,000 former welfare recipients directly under the Council's control rather than assigning them to a local rewarded spite while punishing the workers. More...
To the Editor: Richard Steier (May 26 column) is right that the movie "Giuliani Time" doesn't come close to being objective or balanced. Rudy was, and is, the ultimate example of a mixed bag, and you have to take the good with the bad. More...
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