By MEREDITH KOLODNER
The Bloomberg administration and the United Federation of Teachers agreed last week to a school-based merit-pay pilot program based largely on standardized test scores, sweetening the deal with an agreement that will allow current Teachers to retire with a full pension at 55 if they have 25 years ...
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Council Not Moving
By MEREDITH KOLODNER
After failing to sway City Council Speaker Christine Quinn in face-to-face meetings, District Council 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts, will hold a press conference Oct. 29 at City Hall to publicly pressure Ms. Quinn and other key Council Members to support lifting the residency requirement f... More...
By ARI PAUL
Advocates for 9/11 first-responders Oct. 19 blasted the Chief Medical Examiner's determination that the death of an NYPD Detective who toiled at Ground Zero was not related to his 9/11 recovery work. Dr. Charles S. Hirsch contradicted a New Jersey doctor's finding last week that James Zadroga, wh... More...
Excel Despite Ailments
By REUVEN BLAU
A Police Officer who returned to patrol after losing part of his leg in a motorcycle accident and a cop who receives dialysis three times a week before his shifts were among those honored with the NYPD's Police Commissioner's Theodore Roosevelt award Oct. 15. More...
Patrolmen's Benevolent Association Patrick J. Lynch Oct. 18 announced that the union was filing a Federal suit against the NYPD's new Breathalyzer policy, More...
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