New York City Office of Labor RelationsLocal authority

The New York City Office of Labor Relations (OLR) is a municipal agency that represents the Mayor in labor relations and collective bargaining negotiations with municipal employee unions. It is tasked with overseeing citywide labor contracts, dispute resolution, and administering municipal employee benefit programs such as health insurance and deferred compensation. Established in 1967 as the Office of Municipal Labor Relations by Mayor John V. Lindsay's Executive Order No. 38, it was later renamed to its current designation in 1990 under Mayor David Dinkins.