Even With Stimulus Aid, Insists on Workers 'Sharing' Pain
Mayor Bloomberg went to Washington Feb. 11 to urge Federal lawmakers to provide more stimulus aid for the city's ailing budget, but while there redoubled his efforts to pressure the unions to require city workers to contribute to 10 percent of their health benefits.
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A Short-Lived Cancellation?
By TOMMY HALLISSEY
A police class scheduled for next January that Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly announced Feb. 10 would be canceled for budgetary reasons seemed to gain new life a day later after Congress reached an agreement on the Federal stimulus bill. More...
Eases Restriction for DC 37
By DAVID SIMS
The City Council Feb. 11 voted to override Mayor Bloomberg's veto of a bill that eases residency requirements for District Council 37 members, with Speaker Christine Quinn saying that she was willing to consider requests from other unions to pass similar legislation covering their members. More...
Reassured After 'Gitmo' Closing
By ARI PAUL
A group of people who lost family members on 9/11 met with President Obama Feb. 6 to discuss their concerns about one of his first official acts: the closing of the Guant More...
Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau Feb. 11 announced the indictment of an NYPD officer who allegedly assaulted a tenant of a Housing Authority building. The investigation leading to David London's indictment revealed that on July 18, 2008 the Police Officer used his baton in an encounter with Walter Harvin, an Army veteran, after Mr. More...
EMS Unions Say Staff And Fire Unit Cuts Will Hurt