By RICHARD STEIER
The new head of Teamsters Local 237 last week said he would use his position as a trustee of the city's largest retirement system to advocate the investment of pension funds to build an affordable housing complex for union members.
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By REUVEN BLAU
Mayor Bloomberg April 5 announced that the Queens Tow Pound site will be converted to serve as the new home of the Police Academy, replacing the dilapidated and cramped training center in Manhattan's Gramercy Park. The new high-tech facility will include a simulated subway station, indoor firing r... More...
Tales From the Rubber Room
By MEREDITH KOLODNER
When veteran Teacher Kathy Blythe escorted a 9-year-old girl to her seat after she tried to run out of her classroom at P.S. 147 in Brooklyn for the third time that day, she had no idea that just a few hours later police officers would be escorting her to a cell in the 90th Precinct. More...
By RICHARD STEIER
A Brooklyn man stole more than $3 million from a bank account maintained by the City Comptroller's Office over the past 13 months before he was arrested April 5, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. It was unclear whether the man, 49-year-old Tracy Ball, had help from anyone on t... More...
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