The Detectives Endowment Association's tentative contract deal with the Bloomberg Administration Oct. 2 would give union members raises of nearly 17 percent over 4 years, add 240 officers to the upper grades, and offer a $4,515 one-time annuity fund increase and $2,500 in longevity hikes.
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By MEREDITH KOLODNER
A lucky 234 middle-income educators could soon be living in rent-regulated apartments in the South Bronx, which will be built using $28 million in bonds funded by the Teachers' Retirement System. More...
Organizing Home-Based Staff
By MEREDITH KOLODNER
It took a union campaign for Lourdes Lebron, a day-care provider and a grandmother, to be accused of hooliganism. "They called me a thug and tried to kick me out," said Ms. Lebron, a Brooklyn-based provider who has been knocking on doors to convince others in her position to vote union. "I'm trying to get into a building. I'm a 61-year-old lady. More...
By ARI PAUL
Governor Spitzer vetoed a bill Sept. 28 that would have extended medical benefits to family members of Emergency Medical Service workers who died in the line of duty, citing an unintended problem in the bill's language. More...
Ex-Local 237 Head Got Improper Fees;