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Cuomo, Who Cut Public Worker Pensions, Joins Mayoral Candidates Calling to Boost Them

2 weeks ago | thecity.nyc | Claudia Irizarry Aponte

As governor, Andrew Cuomo was the mastermind behind an unpopular reform approved in 2012 that slashed pension benefits for future public employees and raised their retirement age at 63 — while previously hired employees could retire at 62 and teachers at 55. Back then, Cuomo said the creation of the Tier 6 track put the state on course to save $80 billion over the next 30 years and was necessary to rein in rising pension costs.
New York’s Highest Court Hears Final Arguments in Medicare Advantage Case

3 weeks ago | thecity.nyc | Claudia Irizarry Aponte

ALBANY — A panel of judges on New York’s highest court heard final arguments on Thursday in the long-running case over the fate of a controversial plan to switch the city’s 250,000 retirees to Medicare Advantage —- and the hundreds of millions in annual savings for health costs tied up in the deal.
Voting begins in teachers union elections as insurgents vie to unseat Mulgrew

3 weeks ago | chalkbeat.org | Claudia Irizarry Aponte

This story was originally published on May 12by THE CITY. Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. With voting underway in the election for United Federation of Teachers leadership, longtime president Michael Mulgrew is facing insurgent challenges at a time when workers broadly have been willing to jettison veteran leaders — most recently 1199 SEIU president George Gresham.
Voting Begins in Teachers Union Elections As Insurgents Vie to Unseat Mulgrew

3 weeks ago | thecity.nyc | Claudia Irizarry Aponte

With voting underway in the election for United Federation of Teachers leadership, longtime president Michael Mulgrew is facing insurgent challenges at a time when workers broadly have been willing to jettison veteran leaders — most recently 1199 SEIU president George Gresham.
More Than 40% of Democratic Presidential Primary Voters in These Neighborhoods Cast Blank Ballots for Gaza

1 month ago | thecity.nyc | Claudia Irizarry Aponte

Last year’s organized protest of U.S. government support for the war in Gaza in the Democratic presidential primary resulted in more than 40% of ballots cast blank in many Brooklyn and Queens election districts, a new city Campaign Finance Board assessment finds. The blank-ballot protest of former President Joe Biden garnered the most support in northern Brooklyn and western Queens, according to the 2024 annual report on city voters from the Campaign Finance Board.
Public Sector Unions Sue City Hall Over Health Savings Impasse

1 month ago | thecity.nyc | Claudia Irizarry Aponte

New York’s major municipal employee unions sued the city government Monday, exploding into the open a long-simmering conflict between them and the administration of Mayor Eric Adams over which side is responsible for billions of dollars in pledged health care savings that have failed to materialize.
City’s Largest Municipal Union and AG James Back Adrienne Adams for Mayor

1 month ago | thecity.nyc | Claudia Irizarry Aponte

The city’s largest public employees union has endorsed City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams for mayor — giving her late-entry primary campaign a significant boost. The support of District Council 37’s more than 150,000 members and 89,000 retirees breaks the trend of other labor heavy hitters who’ve mostly backed former governor Andrew Cuomo.
Unions Sue to Reverse Trump’s Dismantling of Labor Mediation Agency

1 month ago | thecity.nyc | Claudia Irizarry Aponte

Unions representing teachers, federal workers and healthcare workers are seeking to reverse the Trump administration’s gutting of a little-known federal agency that provides crucial mediation services to help resolve labor disputes between workers and employers.
How a Group of EMTs Made a Speedy Escape From a Boss-Friendly Union

2 months ago | thecity.nyc | Claudia Irizarry Aponte

For years, workers at Citywide Mobile Response, a Bronx-based ambulance service, griped about what they described as their absentee union. Whenever medical equipment and safe trucks were in low supply, they said, their complaints to management fell on deaf ears — and their union was nowhere to be found.
Newly ‘Independent’ Mayor Eric Adams Rails Against Democrats in Forum Debut

2 months ago | thecity.nyc | Claudia Irizarry Aponte

Mayor Eric Adams and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo appeared at a candidate forum for the first time on Thursday at a carefully choreographed event with nine mayoral hopefuls moderated by the Rev. Al Sharpton. A defiant Adams railed against the Democratic Party and former allies at the National Action Network’s annual convention in Times Square — while repeating attack lines about the media and the corruption case federal prosecutors had brought against him.