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The Chief The Chief is a weekly newspaper and website reporting on local, state and national labor topics. The Chief's website is updated daily.

The Chief is a newspaper and website with a unique focus on labor and civil service, as well as on New York City and State government and associated labor unions. Founded in 1897 as an independent newspaper, it has recently expanded from writing solely about civil service to also include coverage of private-sector workers. A weekly print edition is available at newsstands throughout the city Thursday mornings.

NYCERS leadership will reconsider a policy put in place in January that eliminated retirees’ ability to appeal their d...
08/29/2025

NYCERS leadership will reconsider a policy put in place in January that eliminated retirees’ ability to appeal their denials for disability benefits in a meeting on Sept. 11, an advocate for 9/11 first responders said he was told by top officials at the public pension fund earlier this month.

Top officials at New York City’s largest public pension fund told an advocate for 9/11 first responders that the fund’s board of trustees will reconsider a policy change made in January that eliminated retirees’ ability to appeal...

The Professional Staff Congress/CUNY is demanding that The City University of New York address the ‘perennial’ problem o...
08/21/2025

The Professional Staff Congress/CUNY is demanding that The City University of New York address the ‘perennial’ problem of delayed payments to adjunct lecturers and professors, who teach the majority of classes.

The head of the faculty and staff union at the City University of New York has called on Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez to immediately address what he described as the chronic problem of adjunct professors receiving their paychecks late at the...

Our story on city lifeguards' claims of reprisals from their union is featured on today's Spectrum News NY1's "In the Pa...
08/15/2025

Our story on city lifeguards' claims of reprisals from their union is featured on today's Spectrum News NY1's "In the Papers" segment. Pat Kiernan introduces the story 2 minutes in.

A look at what's making headlines in the NYC papers.

'It’s a travesty, it’s un-American. It’s disgusting, it’s despicable.'Unions rip Trump administration's cancellation of ...
08/13/2025

'It’s a travesty, it’s un-American. It’s disgusting, it’s despicable.'
Unions rip Trump administration's cancellation of CBAs at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Union leaders are lambasting the Department of Veterans Affairs’ cancellation of most VA employees’ collective bargaining agreements as inherently un-American and a reflection of the administration’s anti-union agenda. Nearly 400,000 workers at...

21,760 people took the open competitive exam to become an FDNY firefighter this year. That's less than half of the numbe...
08/11/2025

21,760 people took the open competitive exam to become an FDNY firefighter this year. That's less than half of the number who took it in 2017, when the exam was last offered.

6.5% of test takers this year are women - a record high.

Fewer than 22,000 people took the open competitive exam to become anFDNY firefighter this year despite the department sinking $3 million into a recruitment campaign, pushing back the registration timeline and adding more testing dates, according...

NYCERS, NYC's largest public pension fund, in January eliminated retirees' right to appeal if their application for disa...
08/06/2025

NYCERS, NYC's largest public pension fund, in January eliminated retirees' right to appeal if their application for disability benefits is rejected.

Retirees - including those suffering from 9/11-related illnesses - now have to wait a full year to reapply.

Bruce Hydock didn’t want to retire. By the time he hung up his gear for good, FDNY EMS Captain had already survived testicular cancer and lived with a degenerative lung disorder for more than a decade, both attributed to the time he spent at...

New York City Council members, citing Mayor Eric Adams' ties to President Donald J. Trump, vow to override mayor's veto ...
08/04/2025

New York City Council members, citing Mayor Eric Adams' ties to President Donald J. Trump, vow to override mayor's veto of legislation that would decriminalize some street-vendor offenses.

Mayor Eric Adams has vetoed a City Council bill aimed at decriminalizing certain street vending violations — a move that drew sharp criticism from vendor advocates and elected officials who say the measure is critical to protecting immigrant...

‑born former NYPD detective now pens crime novels.
08/04/2025

‑born former NYPD detective now pens crime novels.

As a youngster growing up in Brooklyn, Anthony Celano received a priceless education that would serve him well as an NYPD member and, later, as a prolific author. Celano’s mother worked nights at Pfizer and his father, Enrico, worked days as a...

A somber farewell for an NYPD cop, with notes of hope.
08/02/2025

A somber farewell for an NYPD cop, with notes of hope.

Officer Didarul Islam was a doting father and a devoted husband, intent on building a life for his family in his adopted city. He was also remembered at his funeral Thursday as a dedicated police officer, who had embarked on a career as a New York...

Governor Phil Murphy signs legislation allows thousands of Jersey's 9/11 responders to again apply for disability bene...
07/31/2025

Governor Phil Murphy signs legislation allows thousands of Jersey's 9/11 responders to again apply for disability benefits.

Thousands of New Jersey’s 9/11 responders shut out of World Trade Center-related disability benefits because they did not meet a filing deadline have a chance to reapply for the retirement allowances. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy last week...

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand introduces legislation that would increase childcare options for .
07/28/2025

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand introduces legislation that would increase childcare options for .

Noting that finding and paying for childcare is among the most challenging aspects of life as a police officer and a significant predicament for would-be applicants to the job, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has introduced legislation that would...

NYPD officer retirements spiked 44% during the first half of the year.
07/15/2025

NYPD officer retirements spiked 44% during the first half of the year.

Call it a crashing blue wave. A spike in retirements among NYPD officers threatens to undermine Mayor Eric Adams’ assurances that the department will be on a path to a 35,000-officer corps by the fall. Through the first six months of the...

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