
By REUVEN BLAU
The number of applicants for the Police Officer exam scheduled next weekend has plummeted by 20 percent compared to the same time last year. Slightly fewer than 20,000 people have applied for the Feb. 23 exam, down from the roughly 25,000 who filed in 2007. In contrast, 35,039 people applied back...
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By ARI PAUL
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn in her "State of the City" address Feb. 12 proposed expanding bonus pay for Teachers in struggling middle schools to as much as $10,000 and a new affordable housing partnership with the AFL-CIO New York City Central Labor Council. More...
Pressured to Stay Near Capacity

By MEREDITH KOLODNER
Cheryl Boyd is a palpable presence in the streets of Brownsville. Three days out of every week, the director of the Amboy Street Day Care Center can be found talking with parents in the local library, at Brookdale Hospital and at community board meetings about openings for subsidized child care a... More...

By ARI PAUL
Transport Workers Union Local 100 acknowledged last week that its Child Care Fund had suffered financial set-backs and that the union was working to fix them in addition to clarifying eligibility rules. In a memo posted on the union's Web site the evening of Feb. More...