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November 24, 2006
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Unions: Merger Of GHI/HIP To Help Members; Question 'Monopoly' Fear Raised By Mayoral Aides
By RICHARD STEIER
Union officials said last week that they believe the merger of Group Health Incorporated and the Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York will benefit their members, despite Bloomberg administration claims that the move could drive up health costs. More...
Responds to Criticism: Toussaint: Had Deal Before Strike's End
By GINGER ADAMS OTIS

Responding to a rash of criticism about his handling of last December's transit strike, Transport Workers' Union Local 100 President Roger Toussaint last week disclosed that he had signed a deal with transit negotiators before he agreed to end the walkout. More...

4 Challenge Toussaint: Ballots Out in TWU Officers' Elections
By GINGER ADAMS OTIS

Ballots mailed Nov. 20 to 33,700 members of Transport Workers' Union Local 100 carried the names of five candidates for president. More...


Firefighters Are More Prone To Develop Cancer; Drs. Cite Exposure To Toxins Under Extreme Heat
By GINGER ADAMS OTIS

A new health analysis conducted by doctors at the University of Cincinnati found that on-the-job exposure to soot and toxins creates an increased risk for certain types of cancer among firefighters. More...


Drills Crews on Hazard Responses: EMS Prepares for the Worst
By GINGER ADAMS OTIS

Emergency Medical Technician Sarah Lynch has been a member of the Fire Department's Emergency Medical Service Bureau for 19 years, but she's never had a day like Nov. 14, when she was required to triage a patient pulled from beneath a subway train, treat multiple victims for exposure to nerve agents More...


Suburban Court Officers, Sgts. Get Pay Bump
By REUVEN BLAU

Veteran Senior Court Officers and Sergeants working outside the city will receive more than a little extra holiday cheer courtesy of the Office of Court Administration's decision to include those titles in the Senior Officer Series. More...


 Editorial
•COUNCIL'S SELECTIVE LISTENING
The City Council last week took half the advice of a mayoral advisory panel by voting itself 25-percent raises - from $90,000 to $112,500 - but deferred action on the other half - that it consider restrictions on outside employment for its members. No one should be surprised that it handled the grou More...
•NEW HOPE FOR COPS
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 Editor's "Razzle Dazzle" Column
•Razzle Dazzle: Sound, Fury and the TWU
If a delegation from Mars had been admitted to the Nov. 14 debate among four of the five candidates for president of Transport Workers' Union Local 100, it would More...
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 Letters to the Editor
•Letters to the Editor: CompStat: NYPD Nos. Game
To the Editor: Regarding the accuracy of NYPD crime stats (Nov. 10 article): Fudging the numbers of crime statistics is directly related to the police version of "smoke and mirrors" known by the cryptic denomination of CompStat (computerized statistics). More...
•WISING UP TO BUSH
•THE DEBATE QUESTION
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 Professionals' Column
•Current Pension Topics: HHC's Piece of Rocky Plan
The Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) just doesn't get it or just doesn't care about the future financial well-being of its employees. More...
•YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
•Know Your Rights: Amending Whistleblower Law
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