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Civil rights groups, elected officials from eleven counties join UFT/ Staten Island Borough President lawsuit against congestion pricing

Three civil rights organizations and 18 elected officials have joined as co-plaintiffs in the congestion pricing lawsuit filed by the United Federation of Teachers and Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella. 

UFT, Staten Island Borough President announce lawsuit to halt congestion pricing

The United Federation of Teachers and the office of the Staten Island Borough President, joined by individual plaintiffs, filed a federal lawsuit to halt the implementation of congestion pricing in Manhattan, scheduled to go into effect this spring.

Federation of Nurses/UFT wins another short-staffing case against NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn

Arbitrator James A. Brown found the hospital violated contractual staffing ratios and ruled that the nurses who worked these understaffed shifts were entitled to split the average wage of the missing nurses.

Teachers sue to halt Adams budget cuts to education

The United Federation of Teachers, joined by individual teachers, filed suit in Manhattan State Supreme Court to stop the Adams administration from cutting as much as $2 billion from city schools.

Short-staffing to cost NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn

An independent arbitrator has held NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn financially responsible when the hospital short-staffed one of its units. Arbitrator Howard Edelman ruled that for each missing nurse, the hospital must split the average nurse’s shift salary among the nurses who worked that shift. 

UFT supports Small Class Size Working Group's recommendations to make state law a reality

UFT President Michael Mulgrew spoke in support of the New York City DOE's Class Size Working Group's recommendations for implementing the state law to reduce class sizes.