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Salute to Civil Service Organization Month
June 13, 2008
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Race to Salvage OTB Enters Deep Stretch With Jobs Riding on It; Union May Ask Court To Bar Mayor's Closing Up Shop Minus Deal
By RICHARD STEIER
State legislators, Governor Paterson's Office and the Bloomberg administration continuing intensive discussions on possible changes in the financial formula that has placed the Off-Track Betting Corporation on the verge of insolvency and prompted Mayor Bloomberg to threaten its closing at the begi... More...
Push Against City Aid Cuts; Schools Coalition Intensifies
By MICHELLE FRIEDMAN

The Keep the Promises Coalition, a group battling Mayor Bloomberg's proposed reductions in city education spending, rallied June 2 outside Stuyvesant High School - one of the top-performing schools expected to have their funding dramatically slashed if the Mayor's executive budget is passed. More...

FDNY Medal-Winners Don't Mind Sharing the Spotlight in Joint Firefighter/EMS Ceremony
By ARI PAUL

After Paramedics Jacob Dutton and Joseph B. Fraiman were shot at last July while responding to a routine car accident in Brooklyn, a number of changes were implemented for Emergency Medical Service responders, including giving them access to the same radio frequency as police officers. More...


Challengers in '372' Vote Bank on Bigger Turnout Despite Single Polling Site
By MICHELLE FRIEDMAN

Candidates for president of Local 372 of District Council 37 are intensifying their efforts with the June 11 election looming. More...


Toussaint Rival Wants Details on Quick Sale Of TWU Headquarters
By ARI PAUL

A likely Transport Workers Union Local 100 presidential candidate formally demanded June 2 that the union disclose accounting information regarding its 2006-7 LM2 reports filed with the U.S. Labor Department after learning that the union's headquarters was resold for a 50-percent profit. More...


A Year After Losing Dues Check-Off, TWU Waits on Court
By ARI PAUL

After Transport Workers Union Local 100 took transit workers on an 11-day strike in 1980, it lost dues check-off rights for four months under the Taylor Law, which bars public-sector work stoppages. For its three-day strike in 2005, the union has been without dues check-off rights for more than a ... More...


 Editorial
•OTB's Four-Legged Problem
The continued haggling in the State Legislature over how to produce the relief for the city's Off-Track Betting Corporation that will persuade Mayor Bloomberg not to shut it down on Sunday offers some clue as to why he set that deadline in the first place. More...
•TWU Suffered Long Enough
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 Editor's "Razzle Dazzle" Column
•Razzle Dazzle As '372' Vote Goes, So Goes DC 37
On June 11, District Council 37 will host an election vote for its largest local that could go a long way toward determining whether the union remains in the state of suspended animation where it's dwelt for the past six years. More...
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 Letters to the Editor
•Letters to the Editor: Hit Gorman on the Issues
To the Editor: I see that in the June 6 letters to the editor column, a Paul Gallagher has seen fit to chastise me for criticizing his friend Michael Gorman, who he claims is your "star letter-writer." I didn't know The Chief gave such awards. However, getting back to Mr. More...
•Analyzing Hillary
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 Professionals' Column
•Current Pension Topics: Death-Benefit Provisions And Beneficiary-Picking
Following are some more questions and answers as published by the Teachers' Retirement System of the City of New York. Q.: If I should die while I am an in-service member, will my beneficiary receive anything? A.: When an in-service member dies, TRS may provide a death benefit to the member's... More...
•YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
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 Civil Service Exam Stories
•POLICE OFFICER POSTS AVAILABLE WITH NYPD
New Salary $35,881; Reach $65,382 After 5-1/2 Years on Force; Need 60 College Credits, C Average; Must Pass Written Exam
The NYPD is looking to hire thousands of Police Officers - at the new starting salary of $35,881 and a maximum of $65,382 after 5-1/2 years. Applications are being accepted continuously, and there is no filing fee. For those who file on or before Sept. 15, exams will be held Oct. 17, 18, 23 and ... More...
•Will Fill Jobs CITY CERTIFICATIONS
•40 City Marshal Jobs Open With DOI; Will Hire on Experience
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