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September 7, 2007
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Capt.: Told Not To Inspect At Fatal Fire Site; Union Blames FDNY Command for Lack Of Action Plan
By ARI PAUL
Capt. Peter Bosco of Engine Company 10, one of three fire officers who was relieved of duty and reassigned to Fire Department headquarters in the wake of the 130 Liberty St. fire, insists that he was following orders to not inspect the building over the preceding months. More...
Spitzer Vetoes Bill Toughening Building Policy
By ARI PAUL

Governor Spitzer vetoed a bill Aug. 28 that would have required the Buildings Department to re-inspect hazardous building code violations every two months and to issue a stop-work order or initiate legal proceedings if problems are not fixed. More...

City Finds Post-9/11 Trauma is Common;
1 in 7 Recovery Workers
By ARI PAUL

Tony Vanaria was an Emergency Medical Service Lieutenant responding to an airplane expected to crash near LaGuardia Airport in early 2003 when he started to shake uncontrollably and was overcome with nausea. The thought of seeing dead bodies, which he had witnessed so many times in his career, par... More...


State Unions Balk At Health Demand;
Won't Hike Member Costs
By REUVEN BLAU

The two largest state-employee unions have categorically rejected the Spitzer administration's contract proposal to increase employee health-care premiums, co-pays and deductibles, and diminish overall coverage. "What the state has put forward is onerous and is unacceptable to us," asserted Steph... More...


Allege Toussaint Trumps Up Rap To Punish Foe; Injured Worker Says Union Rep Acted Appropriately
By ARI PAUL

Transport Workers Union Local 100 President Roger Toussaint threatened Aug. 20 to cease granting release time to perform union duties to one of his most vocal in-house critics, Power Division Chairman Thomas Creegan. Mr. Toussaint claimed that Mr. Creegan did not fulfill his duties as a union rep... More...


Past Rebel Called a Dictator;
TWU Dissidents Charge Repression
By ARI PAUL

Nearly two dozen Transport Workers Union Local 100 members rallied outside their union's Upper West Side headquarters Aug. 27 to protest the appointment of a vice president for the Private Lines Division in lieu of an election for the post, and other actions by President Roger Toussaint that they ... More...


 Editorial
•WHAT IS TOUSSAINT'S PROBLEM?
A couple of weeks ago, Transport Workers Union Local 100 President Roger Toussaint threatened to revoke the release-time privileges given to Thomas Creegan, the local's Power Division chairman, under which he is excused from his New York City Transit job to perform union-related duties. More...
•AFSCME SQUEEZES A CRITIC
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 Editor's "Razzle Dazzle" Column
•Razzle Dazzle: Accountability Starts At Top
On Sept. 12, 2001, a veteran FDNY Lieutenant - call him Tom, because he doesn't want his real name used - entered the ruins of the Deutsche Bank building for the first time. He and the firefighters under his command were told to go to the basement and look around. "The water was chest high in s... More...
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 Letters to the Editor
•Letters to the Editor: Wrong Spot for EMS Station
To the Editor: Late last month, the Bloomberg administration has announced plans to assign Riverdale's ambulances to an Emergency Medical Service Station the administration proposes to build on the site of an abandoned firehouse on East 233rd Street in the Wakefield section of The Bronx. More...
•SCOPPETTA CULPABLE
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 Professionals' Column
•Current Pension Topics: Mutual Fund Deadline is Near
Alert: In less than three weeks, Revenue Ruling 90-24 is set to expire. This ruling authorizes you to transfer your commission-based 403(b) variable annuity or mutual fund to a no-load (no commission) investment menu like Vanguard. After Sept. 24, you will have to get your employer's written appro... More...
•YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
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 Civil Service Exam Stories
•KEYBOARD SPECIALIST JOBS OPEN AT $24G
Have Hundreds Of Vacancies In City and Upstate; Typing Skills Needed But No Education, Work Experience
The state Department of Civil Service is accepting applications for an exam leading to hundreds of entry-level Keyboard Specialist I jobs. The starting salary is $24,414. Appointees assigned to work in the five boroughs or in Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland, or Westchester counties will receive an addi... More...
•Will Fill Jobs: CITY CERTIFICATIONS
•DCAS Accepting Applications For Urban Fellows
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