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December 1, 2006
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School Drivers' Union President Linked to Mob; Feds Allege Battaglia Extorted Bus Cos., Medical Provider
By RICHARD STEIER
The organized crime-dominated union representing school bus drivers was placed in trusteeship by its international union Nov. 21 after its president was indicted on extortion and labor racketeering charges and accused of being an associate of the Genovese Crime Family. More...
Decry Captain's Transfer: Troopers: Cover-up In Sweeney Case
By REUVEN BLAU

The union representing State Troopers last week called for an independent investigation into allegations that police brass concealed a 911 call and other More...

DEP Found Liable: $125G Award Made To Fired Laborer
By GINGER ADAMS OTIS

A Construction Laborer with the Department of Environmental Protection who was wrongfully fired in 2003 and reinstated with more than $100,000 in back pay and differentials two years later has had the State Supreme Court ruling upheld on appeal. More...


Wage Talks Stalled: NYPD Capts. Union Files for Arbitration
By REUVEN BLAU

After several months of fruitless negotiations, the Captains' Endowment Association has petitioned the Public Employment Relations Board to declare an impasse in its contract talks with the Bloomberg administration. More...


Spitzer: Expect New City School Aid Above $2B; Top Court's Decision Reduces Appellate Panel's Award
By RICHARD STEIER

Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer said Nov. 20 that he will give the city school system "significant additional funding" beyond the $1.93 billion ordered by the state's highest court earlier that day in its ruling on the Campaign for Fiscal Equity case. More...


3 Running In TWU Election Not on Ballot
By GINGER ADAMS OTIS

A misprint on approximately 2,000 election ballots sent to transit workers in the Train Operators Division required a second round of voting for some members of Transport Workers' Union Local 100. More...


 Editorial
•PATAKI WINS UGLY ON CFE
Last week's Court of Appeals ruling significantly reducing the award to city public schools in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity case was the product of fortuitous timing for Governor Pataki. More...
•ATU SHOWS SIGNS OF A PULSE
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 Editor's "Razzle Dazzle" Column
•Razzle Dazzle: Amateur Sleuths Taint Case
The case against Hillary Stringfellow began with two teenage boys who allegedly bragged about having sex with her being overheard by a teenage girl. More...
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 Letters to the Editor
•Letters to the Editor: Watered-Down Fire Standards
To the Editor: I am compelled to respectfully disagree with FDNY Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta's assertion that nothing in the proposed written or physical exams will dilute the qualifications to become a firefighter. More...
•FDNY FALSE ALARMS
•SPINMASTER JOHN
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