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February 27, 2009  RSS feed


230 Community Center Layoffs at HA Despite Protests by Unions
Say Service Will Suffer As Duties Are Shifted To Private Providers
More than 230 social service and health-care workers employed in Housing Authority community centers were laid off Feb. 20, as the leaders of their District Council 37 locals railed against the city's decision to contract out the work to the Department of Youth and Community Development funded non-profit centers nearby. More...
Say Federal School Aid Averts Crisis If State Cooperates
By DAVID SIMS

With President Obama signing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in Denver Feb. 17, Mayor Bloomberg, Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein and labor leaders joined with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan two days later to detail how the act would help city schools, with the Mayor predicting that "support from Washington will help us to weather this economic crisis. More...

Lament Split Verdict In Fatal Bronx Fire Case
Unions Question Tenant Acquittals
By ARI PAUL

Before juries reached their verdicts in the criminal trials stemming from a Bronx fire that killed two firefighters, the intense media coverage of the proceedings made clear that illegally subdividing apartments with partition walls can have deadly consequences. More...

DEA Credits Biden With Key Role on Cop Funds
More Than $3B in 'Stimulus'
By RICHARD STEIER

A portion of the Federal stimulus bill that provides more than $3 billion for local law-enforcement nationally and will allow the city to hire an additional 440 cops this year got a timely assist from Vice President Biden, Detectives Endowment Association President Michael J. Palladino said last week. More...


Widow's Suit: Fire Drills Meant to Cut Minorities
Husband Died During Training
By ARI PAUL

The widow of a Probationary Firefighter who died during training last year will file a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, claiming that timed fire drills for the latest academy class were instituted to weed out minority candidates. More...


Tangled Motherhood Tale Costly for DOE Director
Suspended, Demoted, Pay Eviscerated
By TOMMY HALLISSEY

A Nigerian-born city school official spent the better part of two decades trying to have a child to please her traditional in-laws. Multiple miscarriages sent her to fertility treatments beginning in 1991. Eventually, her inlaws demanded that her husband divorce her because she was barren. More...


 Editorial
• Irresponsible Rap on FDNY
The Fire Department is being accused of redesigning its training course for new Firefighters in an attempt to disqualify minority candidates while they are still in the Fire Academy. More...
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 Editor's "Razzle Dazzle" Column
• article has image How Good Budget News Was Bad for Bloomberg
When a deal was reached Feb. 11 on the Federal stimulus package that ultimately gave the city a sizable share of the nearly $25 billion in aid going to the state, Mayor Bloomberg was of two minds. More...
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 Letters to the Editor
• Death Suit An Outrage
To The Editor: I just read the article that Sherita Sears, the widow of Probationary Firefighter Jamel Sears, who collapsed and died while training at the Fire Academy, is suing the city for wrongful death in the amount of $10 million. If that wasn't bad enough, the basis of the claim stems from a racism accusation. More...
• Cuts Hit Most-Vulnerable
• Mayor, Council Go Ponzi
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 Professionals' Column
• article has image Breaking Annuity Deal Can Cost You Dearly
Current Pension Topics
Q: Assume a Domestic Relations Order is on file with the retirement system. Assume the member has retired and is receiving 75 percent while his ex-wife is receiving 25 percent. More...
• article has image Your Social Security
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 Civil Service Exam Stories
• Environmental Police Officer Jobs With City
Posts in Westchester, Other Counties North Of City; Pays $25G
Must Pass Written Exam; Need 30 College Credits Or Military, Cop Duty The city is hiring Environmental Police Officers to work for the Department of Environmental Protection outside New York City, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services announced. More...
• CITY CERTIFICATIONS
• ROUNDUP OF EXAMS LEADING TO JOBS
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