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THE CHIEF-LEADER welcomes letters from its readers for publication. In a recent letter to The Chief (July 6th issue) the writers, including the president of Civil Service Technical Guild Local 375 of District Council 37, took issue with certain aspects of the New York City Housing Authority's Capital Construction Program. More ... At the June 28 City Council hearing on the progress of the FDNY/EMS merger over the past 11 years, the EMS Chief-in-Charge, John Peruggia, painted a rosy picture of the takeover of EMS by the FDNY. Thank God that Don Faeth and Tom Eppinger were present to provide a reality check to the Chief's company-manned testimony. More ... As a former city paramedic, I've been closely following the steady, incremental improvements in the 911 dispatch system. As such, while I believe a more decentralized and redundant set of centers would be better, I'm happy to see that the city is at least establishing one backup/duplicate. More ... I want to clarify your excellent articles, in the June 22 issue, about the EMS unions achieving uniformed status. This was and is a tremendous accomplishment. The leadership of the locals must be applauded - especially Pat Bahnken and Don Faeth of EMS Local 2507, who have been pursuing this issue for years. More ... District Council 37 along with its parent union is descending into hell. On May 9 Local 384 held its second union meeting as prescribed by its constitution. After calling for a vote on the minutes of the previous meeting, the next item on the agenda was a discussion of the treasurer's report. More ... Reading the story in the May 4 issue of THE CHIEF regarding the pay raises of Lillian Roberts, executive director of DC 37 and Maf Misbah Uddin, treasurer of DC 37, left me absolutely outraged. Firstly, not only are their pay raises retroactive to 2004, but, in August of this year, they will be receiving an additional 4-percent pay increase. Ms. More ... Chapter 529 of the Laws of 1994 created the Transit 25/55 plan (Section 604-b of the RSSL). An eligible "New York City Transit Authority member was defined in part as " ... (c) either (i) an hourly-paid employee or (ii) an annually-paid employee in a position, the direct line of promotion to which is from an hourly-paid position. More ... The best way to describe our President is to say that George W. Bush is a coward. He's a coward who covers his pathetic moral weakness by recklessly sacrificing the lives of those who have the courage that he lacks - our young men and women in the military. More ... Letters to the Editor RSS feed |
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