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December 7, 2007
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Fire Recruiting Efforts Finally Pay Dividends; Big Jump in Minority Candidates Passing Firefighter Test
By ARI PAUL
Michele Maglione, who has overseen the Fire Department's minority recruiting efforts since January of 2006, believed that the secret to hiring more women and people of color as Firefighters was footwork. After the department's announcement Nov. More...
USA Memphis Trip A History Lesson;
Tribute to Dr. King
By REUVEN BLAU

Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association President Harry Nespoli is on a mission to educate his members about the importance of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and how it closely relates to their continued push for increased wages, better working conditions, and respect. More...

Cops Given Broader Right to Bring Suit
For On-Job Injuries
By REUVEN BLAU

In a precedent-setting ruling, a Queens Supreme Court Justice decided last week that an NYPD officer can sue the drunk driver who caused an accident that brought her to a scene where she was later hit by another reckless motorist who sped past flares she had set up. More...


Ex-Officers Of Local 420 On Hook for $485G; Judge Rules Payments Violated Local's Constitution
By RICHARD STEIER

A Manhattan judge has ruled that three former officers of Hospital Workers Local 420 of District Council 37 must repay the local $485,000, counting interest, for unauthorized payments they received in the form of wage hikes, and expenses and other payments. Those payments were made between 1997 an... More...


Teachers Light Up DOE
Protest Klein's Firing Squad
By MEREDITH KOLODNER

Hundreds of Teachers turned out Nov. 26 for a quietly organized candlelight vigil in front of the Department of Education to protest an initiative to help Principals fire Teachers they believe are incompetent. The sidewalk demonstration snaked from the DOE's main Manhattan building on Chambers St... More...


Say EMS Lieut. Died Due To WTC Illness
By ARI PAUL

An Emergency Medical Service officer who worked 100 hours at Ground Zero during the first two weeks after 9/11 died Nov. 26 from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Appointed to EMS in March of 1993, Lieut. Brian Ellicott, 45, was an active member of Emergency Medical Dispatch and on 9/11 was working at EMS ... More...


 Editorial
•AN FDNY BREAKTHROUGH
Mayor Bloomberg and Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta were understandably elated by the results of the recent written test for Firefighter. Minority test-takers comprised 38 percent of those who passed the exam; more importantly, they made up 33 percent of those who were among the top 4,000 sco... More...
•RUDY LIVED LARGE ON CITY TAB
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 Editor's "Razzle Dazzle" Column
•Razzle Dazzle: Kerik: No Benefit of Doubt
On the surface, it would have seemed the odds were against Eric Deravin III prevailing in his Federal lawsuit claiming that he was improperly denied a promotion to Deputy Warden a decade ago. Back in April, U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood had dismissed the primary claim in the suit: that Mr. More...
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 Letters to the Editor
•Letters to the Editor: DC 37 Not Run for Members
To the Editor: An unidentified former District Council 37 official called the union "weak and ineffectual" in last week's paper, and I must regretfully agree. Our Council's loss of influence in the city and the state has come as our leaders enriched themselves more and more. More...
•POST-9/11 MONITORING
•SUPPORT IMMIGRANTS
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 Professionals' Column
•Current Pension Topics: TRS Violates Spirit of Law
Some members of the Teachers' Retirement System of the City of New York write "June 30" on their retirement application as their effective date (first day) of retirement, rather than the correct date of "July 1. More...
•YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
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 Civil Service Exam Stories
•POLICE AND CORRECTION OFFICER JOBS AVAILABLE
Plan Thousands Of Hirings Off Eligible Lists; Require Some College Or Military Service For Both Jobs
The city is looking to hire hundreds of Police Officers and Correction Officers, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services said last week. DCAS continuously accepts applications for three scheduled tests annually in an attempt to attract more candidates. More...
•Will Fill Jobs: CITY CERTIFICATIONS
•HHC Electrician Roster Released
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