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March 13, 2009  RSS feed


Thousands Rally Outside City Hall Unions Deliver Budget Message to Mayor
In one of the largest city labor gatherings in decades, more than 10,000 members of a broad coalition of unions and community organizations gathered on Broadway March 5, stretching from City Hall as far north as Canal St., to demand alternatives to the city's current budget plans. More...
Would Cut Contributions Governor: Tier 5 Pension Saves State, City $48B
By RICHARD STEIER

The Tier 5 pension proposal announced by Governor Paterson earlier this year if implemented would save the city $16.3 billion over 30 years, and all state jurisdictions outside the five boroughs would save a combined $32.2 billion, according to a March 3 analysis by the Division of the Budget. More...

IRS Ends Farming-Out Of Tax Collections; 'Best Done In-House'
By ARI PAUL

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service announced March 6 that it would not renew two contracts with private tax collection firms, effectively ending the current outsourcing of the task. National Treasury Employees Union President Colleen M. Kelley celebrated the move, as she and other tax advocates had lobbied for total in-house tax collection under the Bush Administration. More...

299 New Officers Homage to Integrity And A Retiree At CO Graduation
By TOMMY HALLISSEY

Retired Correction Officer Vivian Squires, who two months ago fought off a burglar who tried to kill her, extolled the virtues of doing the job honestly to a class of 299 Correction Officers who were sworn into the Correction Department in a ceremony at Brooklyn College March 4. More...


Disgraced Detectives Get Life for Helping Mobsters Murder 8
By TOMMY HALLISSEY and RICHARD STEIER

Mafia Cops Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, who sold their Detectives' gold shields to an organized crime family and became accessories in eight murders, were both sentenced to life behind bars for their crimes March 6. More...


 Editorial
• New York's Foulest
In sentencing the oxymoronic Mafia Cops, Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, to life behind bars March 6, Federal Judge Jack Weinstein stated that they had "committed what amounts to treason against the people of the City of New York and their fellow police officers. More...
• IRS Sheds a Liability
• News Brownout
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 Editor's "Razzle Dazzle" Column
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Obama's Capitalist Plan: Spend Money to Make It
The day after President Obama unveiled his Feb. 26 budget proposal, the New York Post, with its customary restraint, portrayed him as a stern-looking, finger-pointing Uncle Bam on its front page with the headline "Pay Up America," and inside the paper as Robin Hood, saying he "plans to soak the rich and give to the needy. More...
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 Letters to the Editor
• Tragedy Leads to Slander
To The Editor: No one encountered by FDNY firefighters is treated with more deference, courtesy and respect than a Lineof Duty widow, and this applies to Sherita Sears as much as anyone. More...
• Vote Against Fire Closings
• Mayor's Unhealthy Plan
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 Professionals' Column
• article has image Your Social Security
If you are divorced, there are several things you should know about Social Security. A divorced spouse may be eligible for benefits on more than one work record More...
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 Civil Service Exam Stories
• City Correction Jobs Offered Paying $35G
Expect Thousands Of Posts to Be Filled Using Written Exam College or Military Service Required; Live in City Or 6 State Counties
of The city is seeking to hire thousands of Correction Officers at a starting salary of $35,000. Applicants may take a walk-in computerized test that will be held six days a week in Manhattan through at least March 31. More exams will likely be held subsequently. There is a $30 filing fee, and applicants must live in the city or any of six suburban counties. More...
• CITY CERTIFICATIONS
• IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE ROUNDUP OF EXAMS LEADING TO JOBS
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