BY DIANE S. WILLIAMS, with additional reporting by Samantha Rappa-Giovagnoli Local 3005 scientists are on the front lines of New York City’s COVID-19 response, testing for the deadly virus and its Read more

    L3778 Prez to NYPD: Black Lives Matter By DIANE S. WILLIAMS Donique Berry, a former scientist and union leader at the NYPD Crime Lab, learned early in life Read more

By DIANE S. WILLIAMS Isaias, the storm with near-hurricane force winds, battered New York City Aug. 4, left 2.5 million in the tristate without power and ripped down 21,000 trees Read more

BY DIANE S. WILLIAMS Fifty Urban Park Rangers were chopped June 30 as New York City entered a new fiscal cycle in what union leaders say is a misguided response Read more

By DIANE S. WILLIAMS, with additional reporting and photo by MIKE LEE City Lifeguards who saved a drowning man at Orchard Beach in July were awarded citations for their heroism Read more

Sisters and Brothers, DC 37 needs your help in fighting for our city’s future. With the Trump administration’s decision to end the 2020 Census count four weeks early, the Census Read more

BY DIANE S. WILLIAMS A crew of five City Lifeguards rescued a Bronx man who collapsed in knee-deep water at Orchard Beach July 29. “We saw him wade out and Read more

Many people feel Stress in the face of Uncertainty. If these feelings are overwhelming you the Personal Service Unit is here to help. Stress is an inevitable part of life. Read more

By DIANE S. WILLIAMS  More than 100 members of Motor Vehicle Operators Local 983, went to Albany August 13 to urge state lawmakers to block the proposed layoffs of 22,000 Read more

MELS, DC 37’s Municipal Employees Legal Services, is making available a video recording of the August 5th workshop on Wills and End of Life documents. Almost 600 union members registered Read more

DC 37 is providing its members the following links to New York State and City agency guidelines and policies as New York City begins to reopen and its unionized workforce Read more

By DIANE S. WILLIAMS In a landside victory in August, DC 37 Local 2507 members reelected President Oren Barzilay, and officers and executive board members to a second term to Read more

BY DIANE S. WILLIAMS Kitchen temperatures in a Manhattan public school exceeded 135 degrees during a recent heat wave as 3,400 essential workers prepared Grab-and-Go meals to feed hungry New Read more

By DIANE S. WILLIAMS The coronavirus pandemic hit New York City hardest and elevated thousands of DC 37 members as frontline, essential workers who protect public health and safety and Read more

By MIKE LEE As hundreds of Occupy City Hall protesters gathered in front of the City Hall steps, the New York City Council passed the $88.1 billion budget for the Read more

By MIKE LEE When 2020 began, the city’s three library systems — New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, and the Queens Library — were building on their initial success Read more

By MIKE LEE District Council 37’s Associate Director Oliver Gray, who helped guide two of the union’s Executive Directors with a quiet, yet proactive approach since 2002, died on June Read more

By HENRY GARRIDO, DC 37 Executive Director We are in a fight for our lives.  I am supportive of the efforts of Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council Read more

MELS WORKSHOP for END OF LIFE DOCUMENTS: Wills, Health Proxies, Power of Attorney Wednesday, August 5, 5:30-7:30 p.m. DC 37 Municipal Legal Services and Volunteers of Legal services will host Read more