Labor

Campaign 2025

Union Kingmakers Stay on Sidelines in Tumultuous Mayor’s Race

March 19, 2025, 5:00 a.m.March 18, 2025, 5:06 p.m.

Private and public-sector labor groups have no clear consensus on who their pick is to lead City Hall. But two things are clear: incumbent Eric Adams is a nonstarter and Cuomo isn’t a safe bet.

Construction workers help dig a trench at a Brooklyn site.

Labor

Comptroller Wins Owed Wages for Underpaid Construction and Building Workers

March 13, 2025, 5:00 a.m.March 12, 2025, 8:25 p.m.

Three city subcontractors and a landlord benefiting from a tax break failed to comply with prevailing wage requirements, city Comptroller Brad Lander found. One is now barred from city business.

A construction worker heads back into a Midtown site.

Worker Safety

Thirty NYC Construction Workers Died in 2023 — the Most in a Decade of Tracking

March 4, 2025, 4:55 a.m.March 4, 2025, 10:28 a.m.

On-the-job deaths climbed for the third year in a row, according to an annual report from a worker-safety group, raising alarms as city and federal watchdogs lose teeth.

Corrections officers hold a picket line outside Green Haven prison.

Labor

Tentative Agreement to End State Prison Strike Rolls Back Solitary Reform

Feb. 28, 2025, 1:50 p.m.Feb. 28, 2025, 2:02 p.m.

Gov. Kathy Hochul agreed to temporarily suspend a rule limiting the use of solitary confinement to 15-days and to pay officers extra money to work overtime on weekends.

People with family who died in state prison decry a corrections officers strike.

Prisons

Two Sing Sing Prisoners Die Hours Apart as Illegal Guard Strike Drags On

Feb. 27, 2025, 5:52 p.m.Feb. 28, 2025, 10:22 a.m.

Anthony Douglas, 67, and Franklyn Dominguez, 35, died on Wednesday afternoon within about four hours at a prison that has been on lockdown since correction officers launched a wildcat walkout in mid-February.

How to New York

How Much Do Endorsements Matter in NYC’s Local Races?

Feb. 27, 2025, 12:01 p.m.Feb. 27, 2025, 2:12 p.m.

As the campaign season ramps up, here are the endorsements to look for in the mayor’s race and other contests.

Two DC 37's Local 3005, which represents Department of Health and Mental Hygiene workers, showed up in T-shirts with a message for the mayor.

Campaign 2025

‘Horrible,’ ‘Embarrassing,’ ‘Disqualifying’: Municipal Union Workers React to Eric Adams Bailing on Pre-Endorsement Campaign Event

Feb. 27, 2025, 6:56 a.m.Feb. 27, 2025, 9:38 a.m.

The mayor’s no-show at Local DC 37’s candidate forum, which would have been his reelection campaign’s first, upset rank-and-file , including those already riled about his Trump deal.