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Traffic moves down Broadway in front of 1515 Broadway in Times Square.

Times Square Casino Bid Faces Public Ahead of Key Vote — and It Was ‘Union Against Union’

by Shenal Tissera Aug. 13, 2025, 8:58 p.m.Aug. 13, 2025, 9:02 p.m.

More than 150 people showed up to a midday hearing to make their feelings known on a plan that would bring a gambling hub to Midtown.

The facade of Cinema Village on West 12th Street.

Unions

Cinema Village Union Clipped by Firings Following Strike Vote

by Shenal Tissera Aug. 4, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Aug. 4, 2025, 1:38 p.m.

One of the city’s oldest operating movie theaters is facing tough headwinds, including strife between employees and management.

Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani campaigns at a Chinatown community group headquarters several days before the Democratic mayoral primary day.

Campaign 2025

Mamdani Wins Endorsement of Powerful Health Care Union Once Loyal to Cuomo

by Claudia Irizarry Aponte July 18, 2025, 4:58 p.m.July 18, 2025, 4:58 p.m.

1199SEIU joins the city’s biggest unions in backing the Democratic nominee, who has largely consolidated labor’s support ahead of November’s general election.

NYPD

30 Cops NYPD Claims Were ‘Improperly’ Hired Can Keep Their Jobs — For Now

by Yoav Gonen July 16, 2025, 2:24 p.m.July 17, 2025, 11:49 a.m.

The NYPD claims that the officers shouldn’t have been hired after failing psych evaluations and background checks. Police groups say the system is biased.

Union public defenders with NYLAG and the Urban Justice Center hold a strike rally in Foley Square.

Labor

Hundreds of Legal Services Staff Strike as Larger Walkout Looms

by Claudia Irizarry Aponte July 15, 2025, 5:48 p.m.July 15, 2025, 5:48 p.m.

Joined at a rally Tuesday by mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani and Attorney General Letitia James, UAW urges tapping the city’s rainy-day fund to pay for lawyers’ raises.

Amazon Labor Union members rally outside a State Island warehouse over what they say are unsafe working conditions.

Unions

Heated Staten Island Amazon Warehouse Workers Rally for Better Conditions

by Shenal Tissera July 10, 2025, 6:21 p.m.July 10, 2025, 6:22 p.m.

The Prime Day protest focused on complaints about soaring temperatures and lax safety protocols in the facility as the company has refused to negotiate with the three-year-old union.

Labor

‘No One Else Has a Bike Like Mine’: How Deliveristas Trick Out Their Rides

by Ben Fractenberg and Claudia Irizarry Aponte July 6, 2025, 7:44 p.m.July 6, 2025, 7:44 p.m.

The deliveristas who own their e-bikes say they’re a symbol that they’ve made it, comparing it to buying their own car.

Mayoral candidate Adrienne Adams greets supporters outside NBC studios in Midtown during the first major debate.

Labor

Secretive Spending Group Boosting Adrienne Adams Reveals Donors

by Lizzie Walsh and Marina Samuel June 20, 2025, 5:48 p.m.June 23, 2025, 1:41 p.m.

After THE CITY found DoorDash funded ads promoting the Council speaker for mayor, Competent New York disclosed its sources of funds — including the union for CUNY faculty.

Retired city workers, some holding signs reading "Eric Adams Stole Our Medicare," prepare to board a bus up to Albany to attend a court hearing in their case against the mayor switching them to a Medicare Advantage plan.

Retirees

Mayor Adams Abandons Medicare Advantage, Despite Court Ruling Permitting Switch

by Claudia Irizarry Aponte June 20, 2025, 4:20 p.m.June 20, 2025, 4:20 p.m.

The mayor said the change in retiree health care coverage was no longer necessary, as he faces a reelection fight where a backlash looms large.

Retirees

State’s Highest Court Rules NYC Can Switch Retired City Workers to Medicare Advantage

by Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Katie Honan June 18, 2025, 1:20 p.m.June 18, 2025, 1:51 p.m.

In a blow to retirees, the state Court of Appeals overruled lower court decisions that had barred the city from moving its quarter-million retirees to a privatized health care plan.

Labor

Times Square Casino Bid Faces Public Ahead of Key Vote — and It Was ‘Union Against Union’

Cinema Village Union Clipped by Firings Following Strike Vote

Mamdani Wins Endorsement of Powerful Health Care Union Once Loyal to Cuomo

30 Cops NYPD Claims Were ‘Improperly’ Hired Can Keep Their Jobs — For Now

Hundreds of Legal Services Staff Strike as Larger Walkout Looms

Heated Staten Island Amazon Warehouse Workers Rally for Better Conditions

‘No One Else Has a Bike Like Mine’: How Deliveristas Trick Out Their Rides

Secretive Spending Group Boosting Adrienne Adams Reveals Donors

Mayor Adams Abandons Medicare Advantage, Despite Court Ruling Permitting Switch

State’s Highest Court Rules NYC Can Switch Retired City Workers to Medicare Advantage

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