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Salute to Civil Service Organization Month
September 19, 2008
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Local 237 Reaches Contract With City For Two 4% Raises; Matches Police Hikes But Not Benefit Gains; May Set Civilian Pattern
By RICHARD STEIER
Teamsters Local 237 and the Bloomberg administration have agreed to a new wage contract that provides two 4-percent raises and another quarter-point in special compensation under a two-year, 13-day deal. The accord, which was expected to be officially announced at a City Hall press conference Sep... More...
Postal Union President Tells Members: Early Retirement No Bargain
By ARI PAUL

American Postal Workers Union President William Burrus is urging his members not to accept early retirement offers from the U.S. Postal Service. Motor Vehicle Services and Maintenance Craft employees in the APWU have been given the chance to participate in the USPS Voluntary Early Retirement. More...

For Port Authority Cops, A Sense of Loss Lingers; Fallen Colleagues Remembered
By TOMMY HALLISSEY

Seven years removed from the terror of 9/11, Sgt. John Adorno chooses to remember the tight-knit family of the Port Authority Police Department as he acknowledges scenes of devastation at Ground Zero will linger forever in his memory. More...


Detectives Form Help Group For Cops Ailing From 9/11; Offers Moral, Logistical Support
By TOMMY HALLISSEY

Two former NYPD Vice Squad Detectives who suffer from 9/11-related illnesses have created a non-profit group dedicated to helping other police officers cope with the bureaucratic pitfalls of government aid for injuries resulting from exposure to Ground Zero toxins. More...


SEVEN YEARS LATER, IT'S NO EASIER:

The Chief-Leader/Pat Arnow Firefighters gathered at the Fire Memorial in Riverside Park Sept. 11 to hear the reading of the names of the 343 FDNY members who died during the 9/11 attacks. Among the dead were several high-ranking officers and the FDNY Chief of Department (See story, page 9). More...


Allege Influence-Peddling Got Seminerio $500G; Ex-CO May Return to Jail
By RICHARD STEIER

Anthony Seminerio, who began his career as a Correction Officer and parlayed his experience in Albany on union business into a 30-year career as an Assemblyman, has been accused by Federal prosecutors of receiving more than $500,000 in corrupt payments from individuals doing business with the stat... More...


 Editorial
•Term Limits: Voters' Call
We've always been dubious about the wisdom of placing term limits on elected officials. At the same time, if the city's Term Limits Law is to be overturned or amended, we do not believe it should be done in a collaboration between the City Council and Mayor Bloomberg. What was done by the voters s... More...
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 Editor's "Razzle Dazzle" Column
•Dissident Calls the Cops, Guild Stacks the Deck
The criminal charges brought in June by Fred Newton against a fellow officer of the Civil Service Technical Guild, George Sona, were basic, accusing Mr. Sona of having struck him during a dispute at a union meeting and then forcibly taken his camera and refused to return it. More...
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 Letters to the Editor
•TWU, Dissent and Dues
To the Editor: It came as no surprise that the threatening agenda to silence critics goes beyond Transport Workers Union Local 100's active rank and file and elected officers, as the union's leadership arrogantly targets retirees as well. More...
•'237' Work Getting Results
•GOP Shows Its Colors
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 Professionals' Column
•Current Pension Topics: A Rundown of Age, Service Standards Determining Retirement Eligibility
All retirement plans (there are many) administered by the New York City Employees Retirement System are of the Defined Benefit type. As such, you must have attained a minimum age and be credited with a minimum number of years of service in order to draw your retirement allowance. The following are... More...
•YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
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 Civil Service Exam Stories
•NYC TRANSIT OFFERING TRAIN CONDUCTOR JOBS
Hourly Wage $17.50 To Start; Hundreds Of Hirings Expected; Architect, Probation Officer Posts Also Offered Until Sept. 23
New York City Transit is holding an exam for Conductor, a job that typically has several hundred vacancies each year, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services announced. The starting salary is $17.50 per hour, rising to $25 per hour after three years on the job. Applications are due by ... More...
•CITY CERTIFICATIONS
•ROUNDUP OF EXAMS LEADING TO JOBS
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