Governor Paterson Nov. 12 proposed reopening state union contracts to avoid layoffs in the face of a widening $5.2 billion budget gap over the next two years, drawing an immediate rebuff from the leaders of the two largest state-employee unions.
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By ARI PAUL
The Board of Collective Bargaining has once again found the Department of Environmental Protection guilty of anti-union retaliation, and as in previous cases, a familiar Superintendent is the primary culprit. More...
By ARI PAUL
The law extending term limits without a public referendum has united unlikely allies in a common cause. Civil rights attorney Norman Siegel has joined forces with former Giuliani administration Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro, with whom he did legal battle while the executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, to stop the extension in Federal court. More...
By TOMMY HALLISSEY
In what may be her final appeal on the subject, outgoing New York State Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye Nov. 12 decried a decade-long pay freeze for judges while also unveiling a new "green" initiative in the courts and detailing the progress in jury reform. More...
By ARI PAUL
A Probationary Firefighter collapsed unconscious and subsequently died Nov. 11 while doing routine training at the Fire Academy on Randalls Island. Jamel Sears was reportedly wearing full gear while doing firefighting simulation exercises. More...
Sanit Honors Its Bravest And Promotes Its Best; Also Inducts 362 Rookies