By REUVEN BLAU
Deputy Mayor Edward Skyler Jan. 29 cautioned that allowing the Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York and Group Health Incorporated to convert to a for-profit entity without imposing strict conditions could "inflict irrevocable harm" on the city, which would be forced to cover the roughly $400 ...
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By MEREDITH KOLODNER
Mid-year cuts to schools that totaled hundreds of thousands of dollars for the largest ones threw Principals and staff into chaos last week as the money was removed from their budgets with 12 hours' warning. Pointing to signs of an economic downturn, Mayor Bloomberg cut the schools, and all other... More...
Even As Big Unions Back Clinton
By MEREDITH KOLODNER
Even as much of the New York labor establishment mobilized to get out the vote for Hillary Clinton last week in preparation for the Feb. 5 primary, some union activists were putting their energy into her competitor Barack Obama's campaign, including some members inside unions that endorsed New Yor... More...
By ARI PAUL
Fire Department response times for 2007 in Queens lag behind the citywide averages once again, spurring a demand by elected officials in the borough for added service. The average response time to structural fires in Queens was four minutes and 58 seconds, while the response to medical emergencie... More...
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