The Correction Officers Benevolent Association has reached a 27-month contract that will provide members with 4-percent raises in each year, hike the starting salaries for new hires to $35,000, and provide a new specialty pay to hundreds of officers.
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Stems From July Fracus
By ARI PAUL
A trial committee of Transport Workers Union Local 100's executive board held its first hearing Sept. 21 on charges stemming from a scuffle involving Local 100 President Roger Toussaint and Station Agent Joe Pollard. The committee, which adjourned the proceedings after six hours, convened at the union's Upper West Side headquarters to hear charges Mr. More...
By ARI PAUL
Mayor Bloomberg Sept. 18 explained the city's decision to retain a criminal defense lawyer in the Manhattan District Attorney's probe of the fatal Deutsche Bank building fire a month earlier by noting that in-house attorneys rarely deal with criminal matters. More...
Backs 'Heroes Health Act'
By ARI PAUL
A City Council delegation led by Speaker Christine C. Quinn met with New York's Congressional delegation Sept. 17 and Sept. 18 in Washington, D.C. to promote the Council's Federal agenda, which highlighted legislation to improve health-care access for 9/11 recovery workers. More...
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