FREE THE NYPD HOSTAGES
      Under ordinary circumstances, the Fire Department would not be more likely than the NYPD to be a source of future Port Authority police officers. The fact that it is stems from a desperate - and wrongheaded - attempt by the Police Department to limit the exodus of cops to other jurisdictions where salaries are significantly better.
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SANIT UNION'S WORTHY IDEA
      The Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association has made a suggestion that deserves serious scrutiny once the winter ends: put money the city didn't have to spend on snow removal toward fixing and renovating sanitation garages. A Sanitation Department spokesman was noncommittal about the proposal last week, but it's exactly the kind of idea that Mayor Bloomberg would normally welcome.
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