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May 16, 2008
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DCAS Reclassifying Effort Given Mixed Reviews by Unions; Like Prospect of Reducing Provisionals, Fear Too Much Agency Latitude
By ARI PAUL
The Department of Citywide Administrative Services has drafted a plan to dramatically reduce the number of provisional workers in response to a Court of Appeals decision last year that will involve consolidating and broadbanding titles as well as moving some Competitive jobs to the Non-Competitive... More...
Both Sides Still Making Case in Bell Aftermath
Street Protests, D.C. Meetings
By RICHARD STEIER

The extra-legal maneuvering in the Sean Bell case continued last week, with his family meeting with Governor Paterson May 8, a day after supporters tied up traffic at six major intersections while the union leader representing the three acquitted Detectives met with two Congressmen in Washington, ... More...

Remember 8 Cops Who Were Post-9/11 Casualties;
At NYPD Memorial Service
By MIA GOLDBERG

In the first official acknowledgment by the Bloomberg administration that deaths caused by post-9/11 recovery and clean-up work were job-related, Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly May 7 honored eight police officers who succumbed to illnesses linked to inhaling toxic air while ... More...


Over Union Beefs, FDNY Expands Dispatch System;
Cites Speedier Queens Responses
By ARI PAUL

The Fire Department expanded its pilot dispatch program to The Bronx May 1 and it will institute it citywide on June 1, although the fire unions still believe it is compromising firefighter and public safety. More...


UFT and School Advocates Want Say on $360M Aid;
Klein: Principals' Call
By MICHELLE FRIEDMAN

Union leaders and education advocates joined the Chairman of the City Council's Education Committee May 6 in urging Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein to consult with them about the spending of $360 million of the $622 million in recently approved state aid to the public schools. More...


Fire, EMS Unions Unite in Opposing Shared Medal Day
By ARI PAUL

The Fire Department will now have a combined Medal Day for firefighters and Emergency Medical Service members on the first Wednesday in June, to the dismay of unions representing employees in both fields. Until this year, the EMS Medal Day was a separate event during National EMS Week at the end ... More...


 Editorial
•Title Reclass: Tread Carefully
The Department of Citywide Administrative Services has proposed a major overhaul of the city's job classification system, one that would shrink the number of titles for which competitive civil service tests are held. More...
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 Editor's "Razzle Dazzle" Column
•Razzle Dazzle: Bam Refuels, Hil Outta Gas
Politics being a field where perception and momentum often define reality, the Democratic primary results May 6 in North Carolina and Indiana delivered a very different message than they might have a couple of weeks earlier. More...
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 Letters to the Editor
•Letters to the Editor: EMT Standard an Insult
To the Editor: Recently, The Department of Citywide Administrative Services published its notice of instructions for Promotional Exam to Supervising EMT (Lieutenant). In it, there appears a new requirement: that on the date of appointment qualified candidates must be a REMAC-certified Paramedic. More...
•DA Investigators Robbed
•Don't Take That Hil
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 Professionals' Column
•Current Pension Topics: Make Plans Early About Loans and Withdrawals
To Take Out A Loan Or Not To Take Out A Loan, That Is The Question. To Withdraw Excess Or Not To Withdraw Excess, That Is The Question. According to New York City Employees' Retirement System Rules, only active members may take out a final loan (all Tiers) and withdraw "excess" (Tiers 1-2). Your ... More...
•YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
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 Civil Service Exam Stories
•STATE POSTS FOR MOTOR EQUIPMENT MECHANIC
Hired on Experience; Salary $34G Plus Location Differential; Can Also Qualify By Having Degree in Field; Need Inspection License
The state Department of Civil Service has an ongoing need for Motor Equipment Mechanics in the Department of Transportation and other agencies throughout the state, particularly in Monroe County and downstate. Starting salary is $33,977. Applications are being accepted continuously; exams are giv... More...
•CITY CERTIFICATIONS
•177 Eligibles: Child Protective Job List
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