Mayor Adams strikes union deal that includes an option for remote work

Mayor Eric Adams on Friday announced a tentative deal with District Council 37, the city’s largest municipal union, that would grant its members roughly 3% annual raises over five years, bonuses, and a plan to allow some city employees the option to work remotely as early as this summer.

“I have made no secret that I am a blue-collar mayor,” Adams said during a news conference in City Hall.

He began by speaking about his late mother, who had been a member of DC37 as a food service worker, as well as his own experience as an NYPD police officer.

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