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April 13, 2007  RSS feed


'237' Head: Use Pension Money For Development; Cites Electchester As A Model for Union Housing Complex
The new head of Teamsters Local 237 last week said he would use his position as a trustee of the city's largest retirement system to advocate the investment of pension funds to build an affordable housing complex for union members. More...
Many Cops Say No To Sergeant Exam;
Pay Hike Too Small
By REUVEN BLAU

The rate of cops taking and passing the Sergeants' exam has continued to plummet, with only 255 officers out of the 3,866 applicants passing the Feb. 3 exam, based on preliminary results. Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly last week blamed the 6. More...

Top Judge Objects But Raises Denied;
Cut From Final Budget
By REUVEN BLAU

Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye last week said she was "devastated" that Governor Spitzer's budget agreement with the State Legislature didn't include the $111 million he proposed in January for judicial raises. State judges have not received a pay hike or a cost-of-living adjustment in eight years. Ms. More...

Police Academy Going to College (Point) by '09; Will Consolidate NYPD Classes, Road Drills And Gun Range
By REUVEN BLAU

Mayor Bloomberg April 5 announced that the Queens Tow Pound site will be converted to serve as the new home of the Police Academy, replacing the dilapidated and cramped training center in Manhattan's Gramercy Park. The new high-tech facility will include a simulated subway station, indoor firing ranges, and 250 wireless classrooms. More...


Charge Has Teacher Dangling;
Tales From the Rubber Room
By MEREDITH KOLODNER

When veteran Teacher Kathy Blythe escorted a 9-year-old girl to her seat after she tried to run out of her classroom at P.S. 147 in Brooklyn for the third time that day, she had no idea that just a few hours later police officers would be escorting her to a cell in the 90th Precinct. More...


 Editorial
• NYPD'S TRICKLE-UP PROBLEM
Three years ago in this space, we stated following Mayor Bloomberg's contract agreement with District Council 37 that he was about to discover that, unlike being too rich or too thin, there was such a thing as a wage deal that was too cheap for management's good. More...
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 Editor's "Razzle Dazzle" Column
• article has image Razzle Dazzle: Tough to Reform 'Busfellas'
Nearly five months after Local 1181 of the Amalgamated Transit Union was placed in trusteeship because its president had been indicted on racketeering and extortion charges and accused of being an organized-crime associate, not much has changed in its operation, according to union reformers. More...
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 Letters to the Editor
• Letters to the Editor: ACS Should Finger Itself
To the Editor:
Things were looking up as an effervescent press release from the Administration for Children's Services (ACS) on Feb. 27 declared: "Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Commissioner John Mattingly today presided over the graduation of 230 new ACS Caseworkers at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, bringing the total number of ACS frontline caseworkers and other child welfare investigators to 1,310. More...
• BELL SECOND-GUESSING
• NASSAU COs STYMIED
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 Professionals' Column
• article has image Current Pension Topics: Benefits of Roth 401(k) Plan
The following information is provided by the Deferred Compensation Plan of the City of New York (DCP): UNDERSTANDING THE ROTH 401(K) PLAN: As of March 2006, the City of New York is pleased to offer its employees a new kind of retirement plan: the Roth 401(k). More...
• article has image YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
• article has image Ask the City Ethicist: Your Career After City Government
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 Civil Service Exam Stories
• CHILD PROTECTIVE POSTS, CASEWORKER JOBS OPEN
Start at $39,568, $32,338; File By April 24; Signal Maintainers Also Needed At 26.35 Hourly
The Department of Citywide Administrative Services is accepting applications for an exam leading to Caseworker jobs and Child Protective Specialist positions. The starting salary for Caseworker is $32,338. Starting pay for Child Protective Specialist is $39,568. The multiple-choice tests are scheduled for June 23. Applications must be submitted by April 24. More...
• Will Fill Jobs: CITY CERTIFICATIONS
• In the Public Service: ROUNDUP OF EXAMS LEADING TO JOBS
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