The Working Families Party is pressuring City Council Members to support a change to the Term Limits Law only if it is put to a public referendum. Mayor Bloomberg, through Council Government Operations Committee Chairman Simcha Felder, introduced a bill Oct. More...
At the age of 74, Juan Ramos was still on the truck, picking up trash for the Sanitation Department when the 21-year veteran was attacked with a shovel Sept. 27. It was the brutal act of violence, not old age, which took the Sanman off the truck and into the hospital. More...
Top District Council 37 officials said during an Oct. 6 City Council hearing that they were unwilling to accept a watered-down version of a relaxed residency bill that would require new members to live in the city for their first two years on the job. More...
Standing out at the Fire Department's annual Memorial Day Oct. 8 was the memory of a former cop known to his company as "Johnny Nice Guy." Fire Lieut. John Martinson, the lone firefighter to die in the line of duty in the past year, died in January while responding with Engine Company 249 to a fire in a 25-story residential building on Bedford Ave. More...
Public Employees Federation President Kenneth Brynien said Governor Paterson should think twice before slashing the number of state jobs to deal with a huge budget deficit because it has already been cut to the bone. "Some people will call for the state workforce to be cut, but that won't work," he said in an Oct. 7 phone interview. More...
Rising fuel costs and declining demand for its services are causing the U.S. Postal Service to consider layoffs. In a dispatch to its members Sept. 30, the American Postal Workers Union said that the USPS experienced a 12-percent reduction in mail volume in 2008 and it operated at a $2.3-billion loss. More...
The most-recent effort by Mayor Bloomberg to remove an obstacle from his path to a third term reinforces our belief, expressed in this space a month ago, that the Term Limits Law should only be amended through a voter referendum. More...
When John McCain referred to Barack Obama as "that one," during their Oct. 7 debate, it raised as many questions about his temperament as if he had simply lost it. The Arizona Senator during the campaign has repeatedly emphasized his past efforts to work with Democratic Senators on key legislation, sometimes antagonizing his fellow Republicans in the process. More...
To the Editor: I cannot respect Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's epiphany of another term in office. Although the legislative process by which the Mayor seeks eligibility to run again is quite legal, it is also quite lousy. More...
The following information comes from the Web site of the New York State and Local Retirement System: www.osc.state.ny.us/retire/planning/index.htm You need to begin planning your financial future now. The more time you have to do this, the easier it will be for you to reach your goals. And no one knows your goals better than you do. More...
Start at $39,568, Pay Goes to $43G After Six Months; Need College Degree With 24 Credits in Relevant Area to Qualify
The Administration for Children's Services is accepting applications for Child Protective Specialist jobs on an ongoing basis. The starting salary is $39,568, which goes to $42,972 after 6 months, and then to $45,822 after 18 months. Employees are also eligible for overtime earnings and night-differential pay. There is no residency requirement. More...
Dedicated Sanworker Is Murdered Outside His Brooklyn Home