Even as Mayor Bloomberg asked city agencies to make $1.5 billion in budget cuts covering this fiscal year and next to cope with anticipated losses in tax revenues from Wall Street, he said he believed the chopping could be done without employee layoffs. More...
A man who assaulted a retired NYPD Captain in retaliation for his arrest six years ago was sentenced to a year in prison by a Queens Supreme Court judge. "I commend Justice [James] Griffin for the serious penalty he imposed on Joseph Manzi," said Captains Endowment Association President Roy T. More...
Hours before the two major candidates for President met with President Bush Sept. 25 about his proposed $700 billion bail-out for Wall Street firms, national labor leaders rallied outside the New York Stock Exchange demanding that any Federal assistance include more government oversight and regulation on the economy as well as protections for workers. More...
Federal agents Sept. 24 collected documents pertaining to disability retirement applications from the Long Island Rail Road a day after Governor Paterson asked State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo and the Inspector General of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to probe the inordinately high number of approvals granted to LIRR retirees. More...
The city will pay an estimated $74 million to Teachers without job assignments over the next year, according to a new report, something United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten blames on the Department of Education for hiring too many new instructors. More...
During the last 14 years in The Bronx, the murder rate has dropped nearly 75 percent. Gone are the days of more than 250 homicides a year, but the crime decline, which removed the borough's "Bronx is Burning" image, has slowed noticeably: the seven major crimes fell just 3. More...
Police Officers put an exclamation point on their new contract Sept. 25 by voting 17,576 to 93 to approve the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association deal that grants 4-percent raises over each of the four years of the contract. According to PBA President Patrick J. More...
The Chief-Leader/Pat Arnow Four cops who helped save the life of a baby who suffered a seizure near City Hall last week, (from left) Police Officer Robert Oles, Dets. John Madden and Louis Gugielmo and Police Officer John Francis, were lauded by the City Council for their efforts. More...
The Emergency Services Unit is one of the elite cadres — some would say the elite cadre — within the NYPD, with applicants carefully screened and trained and membership restricted to cops with at least five years of service. More...
If the team's recent tradition had held, Yankee Stadium would be hosting its last baseball game this weekend, as the team prepared to be eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year. More...
To the Editor: There is much more to the Brian McLaughlin story than has been revealed so far. With its antenna in the right receiving position, The Chief (Sept. 19 issue) set out the important new information that former Central Labor Council President McLaughlin cooperated with U. S. More...
The following information comes from the Web site of the New York City Employees Retirement System: Question: Who decides how my pension is distributed when I retire? Answer: You do! More...
Pays $24G to Start; No Experience Or Education Required; File by Oct. 14 to Take Test; Expect Hundreds To Be Hired Off List
The state Department of Civil Service is accepting applications for an exam leading to hundreds of entry-level Keyboard Specialist I jobs. The starting salary is $24,414. Appointees assigned to work in the five boroughs or in Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland, or Westchester counties will receive an additional $1,302 annual downstate adjustment. More...
Urge Feds to Approve Domestic Partner Bill That Includes Gays