Following a year of evaluation, the task force established to oversee the implementation of the World Trade Center Disability Law last week recommended that Governor Spitzer amend the legislation to reduce the 40-hour exposure requirement and pre-employment physical condition for eligibility.
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By ARI PAUL
Last week's arrest of an engineer accused of lying about make substandard alterations to a building involved in a fatal fire made Uniformed Fire Officers Association President John J. McDonnell hope that the public spotlight might shine on an issue of concern: the ability of engineers and architects to self-certify structural alternations without government scrutiny. More...
DC 37 Sharpens Test Skills
By MEREDITH KOLODNER
Barbara Kairson expected heightened interest in District Council 37's civil service preparation classes after a court decision endangered provisional members' jobs, but she wasn't entirely prepared for the 3,000 members who showed up last fall to take classes for the Office Associate exam. More...
By REUVEN BLAU and RICHARD STEIER
As this newspaper went to press early on the evening of March 10, sources said that Governor Spitzer was considering stepping down in the wake of a report that he had patronized a high-priced prostitute in Washington last month. More...
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