A tentative Uniformed Firefighters Association contract reached Oct. 14 provides two 4-percent raises plus an additional 3.5-percent increase negotiated under a re-opener clause from a previous pact, allowing Firefighters at maximum salary to maintain pay parity with cops.
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By TOMMY HALLISSEY
Even as critics of Mayor Bloomberg's plan to extend term limits without a voter referendum packed two City Council hearings on the issue Oct. 16 and 17, several city unions stepped forward to support his effort to make the change legislatively. More...
By DAVID SIMS
The Department of Education ban on Teachers wearing campaign buttons to school was upheld in Federal court Oct. 17, a week after the United Federation of Teachers filed a lawsuit claiming that the DOE was impinging on Teachers' constitutional rights of free speech and political expression. More...
By TOMMY HALLISSEY
The etched names of eight police officers who died from 9/11-related illnesses were unveiled to family members at the New York City Police Memorial Wall, which lists those killed in the line-of-duty, in a somber ceremony Oct. 13 in Battery Park City. Also honored were eight other fallen officers, seven of them Auxiliary Police Officers. More...
379 Child-Protective Staff Complete ACS Training; An Accent on Prevention