Beth Fertig

The president of the Transport Workers Union is vowing to fight a judge's decision to fine the union $2.5 million for last year's illegal strike. 

The MTA is seeking to suspend the union's membership dues following December's 3-day strike.

Mayor Bloomberg says residents of Borough Park acted inappropriately by rioting after the arrest of an Orthodox Jewish man. 

Health officials estimate that about one in eight adults in New York City has diabetes. 

The federal government is on the verge of giving New York initial funding to connect the Long Island Rail Road from Queens directly to Midtown.

The MTA and the Transport Workers Union appear to be heading toward binding arbitration.

Tutoring is big business. Providers can get up to $2,000 per student for working with schools that receive federal money under the No Child Left Behind Law.

With 11,000 inmates waiting weeks or months for their court appearances, the facility also has to provide its younger residents with a school.

A new report finds the MTA is far behind its self-imposed deadlines for upgrading security after the 9/11 attacks.

Petitions are circulating within the Transport Workers Union requesting a second vote on the contract that was rejected last month by only seven votes.

The MTA is defending its plans to build a new transit hub fifteen stories below Midtown. 

Supporters claim charter schools are strong alternative to regular public schools, and they’re seeking to convince state lawmakers to allow more of them. 

Here are answers to frequently asked questions about the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit.

The Transport Workers Union and the MTA seem no closer to a deal than they were when the union rejected its contract last month by 7 votes. 

Governor Pataki wants to give the city schools chancellor the power to create up to 50 more charter schools.

The school day will get a little bit longer for more than 300,000 New York City public school children today.

The contract was rejected last month by only 7 votes. About 70 percent of subway conductors and train operators voted no.

Opposing forces inside the Transport Workers Union erupted into a raucous shouting match last night.

The executive board the Transport Workers Union will hold its first meeting today since members rejected their contract with the MTA by only seven votes.

Now that transit workers have rejected their contract with the MTA, the two sides are waiting to find out if they’ll go back to the table OR have an outside party settle their dispute.