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06/02/2026

A pension reamortization plan signed into law last week that delays the timeline for the city and other public-sector employers to pay off their pension liability comes with a $7.6 billion price tag.

Governor Kathy Hochul has signed into law a reamortization plan for New York City’s five pension plans that would extend the city’s timeline to pay off its liability, stabilize the amount the city pays every year but ultimately increase the city’s...

06/01/2026

NYPD police officers in Tier 3 can now count prior service as school safety agents, correction officers, traffic enforcement agents and NYPD cadets toward retirement eligibility and pension calculations as NYPD officers if that service immediately preceded joining the NYPD.

Thousands of New York City police officers will soon be able to count prior service in other city law enforcement and public safety positions toward their pensions under a measure included in the newly passed state budget, which supporters say...

05/29/2026

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05/29/2026

Sanitation workers and correction officers will be able to retire after 20 years under new pension benefits included in the New York State budget.

New York City correction officers and sanitation workers in Tier 3 retirement plans will now be able to retire with full pension benefits after 20 years of service, achieving long-sought parity with police officers and firefighters under a...

05/29/2026

FDNY firefighters on the job for 25 years will receive a five percent increase to the final average salary used to calculate their pension benefit under a pension sweetener included in the New York State budget.

The bonus increases by one percent each year up to 15 percent, or 35 years on the job.

Under the pension change, a Tier 2 firefighter that retires with 32 years of service in the highest collectively-bargained rate of pay working an average amount of overtime would receive a 12 percent bonus of just over $10,000 to their pension payout. Fire lieutenants, captains and battalion chiefs would receive even higher bonuses given their higher salaries.

FDNY firefighters on the job for at least 25 years will receive a longevity bonus to their pension payouts under a sweetener included in the $268 billion Fiscal Year 2027 New York State budget.  Firefighters in any uniformed rank that reach...

05/29/2026

At least 86 FDNY fire engines across the city would be assigned a fifth firefighter under a budget proposal gaining steam in the City Council that won the crucial support of Council Speaker Julie Menin. Recouping the fifth firefighter in...

05/26/2026

This morning, will announce the creation of a new Committee on Construction Safety aimed at protecting workers as part of his housing plan.

Read more about it in an interview with Department of Buildings Commissioner, Ahmed Tigani:

As part of his broader “Block by Block” housing agenda, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced May 26 that the City will establish a new Committee on Construction Safety aimed at reducing fatalities and injuries in one of New York’s deadliest...

05/22/2026

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05/20/2026

New York Public Library retirees in Medicare Part B have been underpaid for years write Ray Markey and Jane Kunstler, the president and vice president of the New York Public Library Retirees Association.

To the editor: The New York Public Library and the District Council 37/ The New York Public Library Health & Security Plan Trust have been paying all Medicare Part B eligible retirees 80 percent of our contribution, not 100 percent. The Trust...

05/19/2026

A Queens man on parole for a 1990 murder and attempted kidnapping case has been charged with assaulting a state parole officer after blowing a mixture of powdered fentanyl, he**in and co***ne into her face:

A Queens man on parole for a 1990 murder and attempted kidnapping case has been charged with assaulting a state parole officer after allegedly blowing a mixture of fentanyl, he**in and co***ne into her face during a parole violation arrest late...