PROGRESS ON TRACK SAFETY
      There was a measure of satisfaction to be taken from the joint press conference that Transport Workers Union Local 100 President Roger Toussaint and New York City Transit President Howard Roberts held last week regarding the inquiries into the deaths of two Track Workers in separate incidents back in April.
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DOE MAKES CLASS-SIZE CASE
      Schools Chancellor Joel Klein continues to insist that quality Teachers rather than reduced class size is the crucial element in improving education, but solid evidence that having fewer students to instruct affects the quality of teaching has been provided by one of the pet projects of the Bloomberg administration.
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THE NYPD'S CASH ADVANCES
      The revelation in this newspaper that the NYPD is granting rookie officers an advance against their annual uniform allowances to pay for required equipment is another acknowledgment of the problems caused by the embarrassingly low starting salary.
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