The Daily Q: What does a no-snow winter mean for the city budget?
What does a no-snow winter mean for the city budget? This year New York City is on pace for its second-mildest winter ever, according to the National Weather Service. A mere seven inches of snow have...
View ArticleNew hires delayed, the Fire Department runs on overtime
FDNY set to spend $238 million this year on extra hours for firefighters while civil rights lawsuit postpones recruitment
View ArticleAs deadline looms, city struggles to slim ranks of provisional workers
New York will be in violation of state civil service rules unless it finishes testing thousands of workers in the next year
View ArticleThe Daily Q: What do gun advocates have to say about Bloomberg’s campaign?
We ran a Daily Q yesterday on gun-control measures bottled up in Albany, and the resounding response we got from gun-control advocates is that the National Rifle Association and its lobbying arm are...
View ArticleRise in transit worker assaults prompts summit seeking solutions
Transport Workers Union takes action in wake of violent attacks against members
View ArticleBusiness lobbyists earned defeat of minimum wage bill
Our Lobbies at the Top project finds heavy business advocacy helped derail proposed minimum wage hike
View ArticleCan city workers collect government paychecks and pensions simultaneously?
Taxpayers funded $192.7 million last year for the total compensation of state employees collecting both pensions and salaries, in a staggering 47 percent increase from 2010. Data obtained by Gannett’s...
View ArticleCity bargains tough with unions — in public forum
Deputy Mayor takes case against retroactive wages and health care contributions to budget watchdog group
View ArticleLabor’s big lift
What’s a union’s support for a mayoral candidate actually worth? Not always as much as leaders would like New York to think.
View ArticleHow much will union raises really cost?
Breaking down the math behind projections of city budget disaster
View ArticleRobots of New York
These civil servants' top demand? A power source. The post Robots of New York appeared first on The New York World.
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