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Labor

Retired City Workers Recoil at Coming Cost-Saving Medicare Shift

April 23, 2021, 8:51 a.m.April 10, 2023, 3:52 p.m.

Impending move to privately managed health plans could save taxpayers as much as $600 million annually — at a high cost to retirees, who may have to pay more for less care and fewer doctor choices, some warn.

Labor

Queens Public Defenders Push to Unionize. Management Calls Them a ‘Mob.’

Jan. 7, 2021, 12:45 p.m.Jan. 7, 2021, 2:06 p.m.

A wave of legal aid attorneys is ing the labor movement. But bosses at Queens Defenders say it’s bad for business and that the unions just want to collect their dues.

Justice

Many New York Judges Spend Their Way Toward Seats on the Bench. And It’s Perfectly Legal

Dec. 9, 2020, 10:00 p.m.Dec. 9, 2020, 10:00 p.m.

An investigation by New York Focus found most of the city’s state Supreme Court candidates who won in November have donated to Democratic county parties and leaders. Some have spent thousands, thanks to a widely used loophole in ethics rules.

Sam Mellins, New York Focus

Retired City Workers Recoil at Coming Cost-Saving Medicare Shift

Queens Public Defenders Push to Unionize. Management Calls Them a ‘Mob.’

Many New York Judges Spend Their Way Toward Seats on the Bench. And It’s Perfectly Legal

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