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Bronx Pharmaceutical Workers End Strike, Preserve Overtime Protections

Striking workers picket outside the Perrigo medical plant on Bathgate Avenue in The Bronx.

Workers at a pharmaceutical plant in The Bronx will return to work on Monday after securing a new contract that raises wages and secures their existing overtime protections, ending their 16-day strike, THE CITY has learned. The roughly 200 striking workers at Perrigo, a manufacturer of over-the-counter medications sold at corporate retailers nationwide, walked off […]

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Brooklyn Port Vote Expected to Proceed After Concessions to Local Reps

A giant crane sits at the Red Hook Container Terminal in Brooklyn.

A high-stakes vote on the proposed transformation of one of Brooklyn’s last remaining industrial waterfronts  will take place Monday, after five previous postponements. Mayor Eric Adams’ major redevelopment plan for the Brooklyn Marine Terminal south of Brooklyn Bridge Park, spearheaded by the city Economic Development Corporation, had been up in the air — but now, […]

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Democrats Tire of Answering for Schumer and Jeffries on Mamdani Question

Democratic House and Senate minority leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer are seen in a diptych image

This story was produced as part of a partnership between THE CITY and NOTUS. Democratic lawmakers are finding a new source of frustration: having to answer for their leaders’ hometown politics. Tensions over Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries’ refusal to endorse Zohran Mamdani spilled out into the open over the weekend, when Sen. […]

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NYPD Urged to Level Disciplinary Charges Against Officers in Fatal Shooting as Crucial Deadline Looms

A crowd stands in front of One Police Plaza with black banner that says Justice for Win Rozario. Councilmember Shahana Hanif, Win’s mother Notan Eva Costa, Win’s father Francis Rozario, and Win’s brother Utsho Rozario stand behind the banner.

With a pivotal deadline looming next Friday, elected officials and family members of Win Rozario are urging NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch to quickly level disciplinary charges against the officers involved in the killing of the 19-year-old at his home in Queens last year. City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams are among […]

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Crime and Rats Down, But City Jails and Services Struggle, New Report Shows

Mayor Eric Adams holds his weekly off-topic press conference at City Hall.

Major crime continues to drop, rat sightings are down, and the construction of affordable housing is going up — but budget cuts last year also hurt things like cleanliness and tree planting, the annual Mayor’s Management Report, released Wednesday, shows. Mayor Eric Adams touted his administration’s wins in a video summary of the report where […]

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