The Chief Leader

5 days ago | thechiefleader.com | Duncan Freeman

Cuomo, Mamdani secure more labor endorsements in race's closing weeksBY DUNCAN FREEMANPosted 6/6/25 With less than two weeks to go until the start of early voting in the Democratic primary for mayor, union endorsements have continued to pour in for front-runner Andrew Cuomo and his closest challenger, ascendant Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani.

5 days ago | thechiefleader.com | Richard Khavkine

Posted 6/6/25 Most municipal employees would be enrolled in a new, cost-saving health benefit plan city officials say would allow them to see more doctors, specialists and other clinicians than their current plans, Mayor Eric Adams and Labor Commissioner Renee Campion announced Monday.

1 week ago | thechiefleader.com | Richard Khavkine

Posted 6/6/25 Five area Amtrak employees who participated in a widespread multi-million-dollar scam to defraud the railroad’s health benefit plan have pleaded guilty to felony conspiracy counts that could each net them a decade behind bars, Department of Justice officials in New Jersey announced.

1 week ago | thechiefleader.com | Richard Khavkine

Posted 6/6/25 The president of the United Federation of Teachers, Michael Mulgrew, handily won a sixth consecutive three-year term as head of the 200,000-member union, this time beating two challengers. Mulgrew and the Unity Caucus candidates received 54 percent of the vote, while Amy Arundell, of the A Better Contract Caucus, polled 32 percent of ballots and Olivia Swisher, of ARISE Caucus, trailed in third with 14 percent, according to results posted on the UFT’s website.

1 week ago | thechiefleader.com | Duncan Freeman

Posted 6/6/25 David Haro spent most of Thursday at his electronically-powered standing desk working on two new computer monitors with a wireless mouse and keyboard inside Make the Road New York’s state-of-the-art $68 million community center in Queens. The immigrant advocacy organization opened the 24,000-square-foot Roosevelt Avenue center on Feb.