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January 27, 2006  RSS feed


ACS Suspends 3 In Response To Child’s Murder; Failed to Act Despite Signs of Abuse; Union Critical
Administration for Children’s Services Commissioner John B. Mattingly Jan. 18 announced the immediate suspensions without pay of three ACS employees, along with the reassignment of three others pending disciplinary hearings, and a host of other changes at senior levels of ACS, as the ripple effects More...
To Combat Child Abuse: B’klyn DA: Involve Cops in All Cases
By REUVEN BLAU

Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes last week suggested that the NYPD’s role in combating and preventing child abuse be sharply expanded in light of the death of 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown. More...

Unions Call For Death Benefit In Post-9/11 Cases; Wary of Growing Toll Among Responders To WTC Site
By GINGER ADAMS OTIS

Leaders of the city’s fire and police unions are quietly pushing to get a task force in place to oversee the implementation of the World Trade Center Disability law signed by Governor Pataki last summer. More...

City Offering Personal Touch: Now Open for Small Business
By REUVEN BLAU

Robert W. Walsh didn’t hesitate when Mayor Bloomberg asked him to head the city’s Department of Small Business Services after an hour interview at City Hall shortly after the 2001 election. More...


Supreme Court Dismisses Suit On 9/11 Radios
By GINGER ADAMS OTIS

A lawsuit against Motorola for allegedly supplying defective radios to the FDNY that was brought by family members of several city firefighters who were killed on 9/11 was quashed Jan. 17 by the U.S. Supreme Court. More...


 Editorial
• RADIO MYSTERY WILL ENDURE
The U.S. Supreme Court last week decided to uphold a lower-court ruling dismissing a lawsuit filed against Motorola for allegedly supplying defective radios to the Fire Department that played a role in the massive death toll on Sept. 11. In doing so on what amounted to economic grounds, it prevented More...
• A BLOW TO TOUSSAINT
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 Editor's "Razzle Dazzle" Column
• article has image ACS NEEDS NYPD ATTITUDE
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes cut to the heart of what went wrong with an Administration for Children’s Services Caseworker’s More...
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 Letters to the Editor
• City Won’t Pay Cops Fairly
To the Editor: Richard Steier was correct in writing in his “Razzle Dazzle” column Jan. 20 that the “city’s unwillingness to pay more for a presumably better-qualified officer exposes the hypocrisy of both Rudy Giuliani and Mayor Bloomberg in saying they were willing to reward measurable productivi More...
• Involve Cops Early
• Thanks to Rescuers
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 Professionals' Column
• article has image Current Pension Topics: N.J. Solves Half Its Problem
The following quote comes from the New Jersey Division of Pensions and Benefits Web site: “The Supplemental Annuity Collective Trust of New Jersey (SACT) is a voluntary investment program that provides retirement income separate from, and in addition to, your basic pension plan. Your contributions a More...
• article has image YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
• article has image Know Your Rights: Involuntary Resignations
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