TWU'S PETTY, PETTY CASH
      Top Transport Workers Union officials are giving new meaning to the phrase "petty cash" with their bid to remove Ainsley Stewart as a vice president of TWU Local 100 for allegedly owing $15.50 in dues. Mr. Stewart, who ran against Local 100 President Roger Toussaint last December, denies he is in arrears.
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JAIL SEARCHES COST AGAIN
      Considering that five years ago it cost the city $50 million to settle a suit concerning illegal strip-searches in the jail system, it was astonishing to learn earlier this month that it is on the hook for as much as $10 million more for a recurrence of the practice.
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MEMORIAL NO PLACE TO VENT
      FDNY Chief of Department Sal Cassano picked the wrong time to hit back at the firefighter unions that have harshly criticized him and Fire Commissioner Nick Scoppetta when he alluded to the dispute during last week's 100th FDNY Memorial Service.
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