By Steve Wishnia

New York State’s highest court on Dec. 17 unanimously ruled that the city must pay for traditional Medicare for its retired employees and can’t offer them only a private Medicare Advantage plan.

By Joe Maniscalco

A couple of weeks ago, Marianne Pizzitola, head of the New York City Organization of Public Service Retirees [NYCOPSR], approached CWA Local 1180 President Gloria Middleton during a union rally outside City Hall and asked if the two could talk about the ongoing campaign to privatize municipal healthcare.

“I really don’t have time,” Middleton responded…

By Bob Hennelly

Within hours of a New York State Court decision “permanently” enjoining Mayor Eric Adams from forcing 250,000 retired civil servants into the for-profit Aetna Medicare Advantage Plan, one of the New York City Council’s most powerful members announced his support of legislation [Intro-1099] that would further protect retirees’ traditional Medicare coverage.

By Bob Hennelly

New York labor unions are in the forefront of the latest drive to secure permanent funding for the 9/11 World Trade Center Health Program, which is set to run out of funding without Congressional action.

By Bob Hennelly

Citing a 96-percent compliance rate from the municipal workforce, the City of New York will no longer require civil servants to get the COVID vaccine Mayor Eric Adams announced today. The vax mandate resulted in the termination of 1,780 municipal workers and sparked multiple lawsuits which are ongoing.

By Bob Hennelly with Joe Maniscalco

“I guess the MLC and the mayor decided they wanted retirees to ring in the New Year with a ‘Screw you — we’re gonna do this when you’re not looking!”