By GINGER ADAMS OTIS
Governor Spitzer joined with legislative leaders and State AFL-CIO President Denis Hughes Feb. 27 to announce a landmark agreement that will overhaul New York's Workers' Compensation system, while raising the maximum weekly benefit from $400 to $500 later this year, progressing to $650 by 2009.
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By GINGER ADAMS OTIS
Rock bottom for Don Perks came in the late 1980s, when his longtime drinking habit nearly cost him his job, his family, and his life in a drunk-driving accident. Frightened and depressed, Mr. Perks, a member of Steamfitters' Local 638 in Long Island City, reached out to Mickey Diamond, head of the... More...
Saved 81 After Plane Crash
By REUVEN BLAU
Three relatives of the victims and the survivors of a plane crash on Rikers Island 50 years ago gently placed a flower wreath near the site of the accident as a lone bagpiper concluded the memorial ceremony on Feb. 27. The crash, which has largely been forgotten, changed the life of Ricky Rosich. More...
By GINGER ADAMS OTIS
The Bush Administration released an amended and significantly reduced workplace revision plan Feb. 27 for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, after two years of pushing to get that agency to adopt pay-for-performance regulations and other personnel changes. More...
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