The United Federation of Teachers' early retirement plan, despite reports of heavy costs to the city, will easily pay for itself and potentially result in hundreds of millions of dollars in savings to the city in the long run, according to fiscal experts.
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By RICHARD STEIER
The head of the union representing most of the 1,500 Off-Track Betting Corp. employees said his members were "stunned" by Mayor Bloomberg's Feb. 19 move to disband operations, but expressed faith that top state officials would approve legislation that might make OTB viable again. More...
Slap Time-Scanners
By MEREDITH KOLODNER
Chanting "Olmsted and Vaux Didn't Punch Time Clocks," about 100 Parks Department Architects, Designers and Engineers rallied outside the agency's headquarters in Central Park Feb. 21 to protest the planned use of hand-print technology to track work hours. More...
The city has begun to accept applications for hundreds of paid and non-paid summer internship positions. The internships are available in a wide range of areas including education, news media, health services, budget administration, information technology, transportation, law and housing. More...