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March 21, 2008
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After Spitzer Falls, Paterson Ascends;
Sex Scandal Topples a Governor
By RICHARD STEIER
David A. Paterson was sworn in as New York's 55th Governor March 17, five days after Eliot Spitzer resigned in disgrace following revelations that he had patronized high-priced prostitutes on numerous occasions while conducting state business out of town. More...
Coalition: Nix NYPD Control of Testing For Environmental Hazards
By ARI PAUL

A coalition of labor groups, environmental advocates and other organizations called on Mayor Bloomberg March 13 to withdraw support for a bill in the City Council that would restrict environmental testing to only those with Police Department permits. More...

To Labor, An Ally Replaced By Another
By REUVEN BLAU

City and state union officials last week rallied around new Governor David A. Paterson, who has deep labor ties and a long history of championing worker-friendly legislation and initiatives. "David has been a good friend of labor," said Danny Donohue, the president of the Civil Service Employees ... More...


Honor Those Who Give More;
Sloan Awards for 6 Workers
By REUVEN BLAU

When Joya Ramirez started working at a Juvenile Center in The Bronx 44 years ago, she thought it would be a temporary job. "That didn't happen," she recalled March 12, shortly before being honored along with five other civil servants who received this year's Sloan Public Service Awards. "I felt n... More...


Tech Guild In Turmoil Over Chapter Votes
By MEREDITH KOLODNER

Irregularities in four Civil Service Technical Guild chapter elections during the past month have produced acrimony and charges of election-tampering among the candidates. In one case, more than half the ballots were slit open before being received by the election committee. More...


UFT Proposes New School-Grading Plan;
Weighs Safety, Resources
By MEREDITH KOLODNER

The United Federation of Teachers March 13 proposed a new method of grading city schools, and while standardized test scores would continue to play a central role, so would a school's safety record and the resources - such as textbooks, computer access and class size - that a school has to work ... More...


 Editorial
•When Principals Should Rule
The dismissal of criminal charges against a Principal who intervened when School Safety Agents arrested one of his students last October appears to have been the right result. The judge who issued that ruling, however, emphasized that the Department of Education must clarify where the authority of... More...
•Tech Guild Mocks Democracy
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 Editor's "Razzle Dazzle" Column
•Razzle Dazzle: Spitzer Didn't Think Twice
In the movie version of Chazz Palminteri's "A Bronx Tale," a father played by Robert DeNiro, counseling his teenage son on the perils of lust, says, "Sometimes in the heat of passion the little head tells the big head what to do, and the big head should think twice about it. More...
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 Letters to the Editor
•Letters to the Editor: Agency Job-Postings a Sham
To the Editor: I have read Brandon Ward's lengthy article in last week's issue in which he discusses recruitment fliers inter alia. His main contention is that recruitment fliers in 2008 are often a farce. I am sure he is right. More...
•The Dad Also Rises
•Don't Play Age Card
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 Professionals' Column
•Current Pension Topics: Still Time for DCP Tax Break
Q.: Now that the Governor has signed into law the new 55/25 plan of the Teachers' Retirement System of the City of New York, when will the balance of the city workforce receive the same benefit? P.Z. A.: I don't know. In my view I find it stunning that the city unions have not demanded par... More...
•Your Social Security
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 Civil Service Exam Stories
•STATION AGENT FILING OPEN UNTIL MARCH 25
Child Protective And Stock Jobs Also Available; Station Post Starts At $17.65 Hourly; Hire 150 Annually
Filing is open until March 25 for an exam leading to Station Agent jobs at New York City Transit, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services said. DCAS is also accepting applications for six other hiring exams and four promotion tests. More...
•City Certifications
•In the Public Service ROUNDUP OF EXAMS LEADING TO JOBS
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