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The Correction Officers Benevolent Association has reached a 27-month contract that will provide members with 4-percent raises in each year, hike the starting salaries for new hires to $35,000, and provide a new specialty pay to hundreds of officers. More...

The following charts indicate how salaries would increase under the tentative Correction Officers Benevolent Association contract for those hired on or after Jan. 1, 2006 and prior to Sept. 1, 2008 and for officers appointed after Sept. 2, 2008. The pay hikes will be buttressed by increases in lon... More...

Can Petition Court

More than three weeks after Transport Workers Union Local 100 gained the right to petition to have dues check-off reinstated, it has not done so and won't say why. The union June 1 lost the right to have members' dues automatically deducted from their paychecks for at least 90 days as a result of... More...


Stems From July Fracus

A trial committee of Transport Workers Union Local 100's executive board held its first hearing Sept. 21 on charges stemming from a scuffle involving Local 100 President Roger Toussaint and Station Agent Joe Pollard. The committee, which adjourned the proceedings after six hours, convened at the ... More...


Mayor Bloomberg Sept. 18 explained the city's decision to retain a criminal defense lawyer in the Manhattan District Attorney's probe of the fatal Deutsche Bank building fire a month earlier by noting that in-house attorneys rarely deal with criminal matters. More...


Backs 'Heroes Health Act'

A City Council delegation led by Speaker Christine C. Quinn met with New York's Congressional delegation Sept. 17 and Sept. 18 in Washington, D.C. to promote the Council's Federal agenda, which highlighted legislation to improve health-care access for 9/11 recovery workers. More...


The substandard starting salary for Police Officers is doing enough damage to the NYPD's efforts to attract new cops and then move them through the Police Academy and onto the streets. So why is the department nickel-and-diming the rookies by forcing them to spend between $59 and $79 for night-sig... More...
The elected officials gathered outside Department of Education headquarters Sept. 19 stood under banners supporting the reinstatement of Debbie Almontaser as Principal of the Khalil Gibran International Academy, but the overriding theme of the press conference was "Better Late Than Never. More...
To the Editor: A friend recently sent me a copy of your Aug. 24 article, "Accuse Toussaint Of Freezing Out Critics." In your article you report that TWU Local 100 President Roger Toussaint is "deny[ing] release time for elected union officials who did not run on his slate ...". More...
As promised, the Deferred Compensation Board of the City of New York has launched its Roth NYCE IRA program. The following information comes from the Deferred Compensation Plan's Web site. Please direct all questions you may have to me so that everyone may benefit from the question and answer. More...
Start at $50G; Rise to $77G After 5 Years; Most Openings Are Upstate; Need 60 College Credits
Filing is now open for an exam leading to State Trooper jobs. The starting salary is $50,374, which rises to $61,525 upon graduation from the Academy. The pay increases to $65,358 after one year of service, and the maximum salary is $77,218 after five years on the job. The test will be held Jan. ... More...

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